7e>iG 

Z'bVi 5G 
ttZO 








































































































































































Book— jLA 1 \l2Jo 

IQ ZC 


% 































































































LL of the books listed in this 
catalog represent, in our 
judgement, standard authorities on 
their respective subjects. If, however, 
for any reason, books purchased should 
prove unsatisfactory they may be re¬ 
turned in ten days and the money paid 
for them will be refunded. If books 
are returned by express the wrapper 
should be plainly marked “BOOKS” 
and bear the name of the sender. 



PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 












fi 

\>, ! ;V .;;'. • '■'■' •' : , 

Oct. 20, 1920. 

Due to the instability of manufacturing costs, the prices in this 
catalog are subject to change without notice. The following 
changes (including new editions) have been made to date. 

Author Book Page Price 

Abbott, A. V.Electrical Transmission of 

Energy . 93. ...6.00 

Abraham, H.Asphalts and Allied Sub¬ 
stances .124...6.00 

Anderson, J. W.Prospector’s Handbook....211. 2.00 

Andes, L. E.Animal Fats and Oils.... 32. 6.00 

Annual Reports on the 

Progress of Chemistry. .Fifteen Volumes.19.each 3.00 

Baker, A. L.Thick Lens Optics . 73.2.00 

Ball, R. S.Popular Guide to the 

Heavens .76.7.50 

Barker, A. F.Textiles . 54.4.00 

Barnett, E. DeB.Explosives . 49. 5.00 

Beadle, C.Chapters on Papermaking, * 

5 vols...45.each 2.50 

Bedell, F.The Airplane .171.3.00 

Bedell. F. and Pierce, C. A.Direct and Alternating Cur¬ 
rent Manual. 82.3.00 

Blasdale, W. C.Quantitative Analysis. 11.3.00 

Booth, Wm. E.Water Softening ..161. 3.50 

Brislee, F. J.Study of Fuel.153. 3.50 

Brown, H.Irrigation .136. 6.00 

Carhart, H. S..Thermo-Electromotive 

Force in Elec. Cells_ 77.2.00 

Cary, E. R.Solution of Railroad Prob¬ 
lems by the Slide Rule. 116. 1-25 

Casler, M. D.Simplified Reinforced Con¬ 
crete Mathematics.119.1.25 

Cathcart, W. L..Machine Design.. .203. 3.50 

Chalkley, A. P.Diesel Engines .165. 5.00 

Chambers, G. F.Astronomy .76. 2.50 

Christie, W. W.Water .155. 3.00 

Clarkson, R. P. ..Elementary Electrical Engi¬ 
neering . 77.2.00 

Coles-Finch, W.Water, Its Origin and Use. 156. 3.50 

Couch, J. F..Dictionary of Chemical 

Terms . 1.2.50 

Crehore. A. C.The Atom.70.2.00 

Crocker, F. B. and Arendt, 

M.Electric Motors . 79.3.00 

Cross, C. F., Bevan. E. J.,. 

and Sindall, R. W.Wood Pulp and its Uses. . 45. 3.50 

Dadourian. H. M.Analytical Mechanics . . . .148. 3.75 

Davenport. C.The Book. 233 2.50 

Dietrioh, K..Resins, Balsams, and Gum 

Resins .24.7.00 

Dunstan, A. E., and 

Thole, F. B..Practical Chemistry. 2. 3.00 

Dyke, A. L.Automobile and Gasoline •• • 

Engine Encyclopedia.. 170. 6.00 

Eccles, W. H.Wireless Telegraphy and 

Telephony . 90. 7.00 

Edelman. P. E.Inventions and Patents. . .227. 2.00 

Eliot, C. W., and Storer, Qualitative Chemical 

F. H. Analysis . 12. InO 

Falk, K. G....Chemical Reactions. 25.2.50 

Fischer, E.Preparation of Organic 

Compounds .7. 2.00 

Flelning. J. A. ... . .The Propagation of Electric 

Currents in Telephone and 

Telegraph Practice .... 87.. • 5.00 

Geikie, J..Structural and Field Geol- 

ogy .208. 7.50 

Gerhard, W. P.Sanitation, Water Supply 

and Sewage Disposal of 

Country Houses .138.2.50 

Gilbreth, F. B.Primer of Scientific Man¬ 
agement .225. 1-25 

Groth, L. A.Welding and Cutting Met- 

als .198. 3.00 

Greenwood, H. C.Industrial Gases .• 20. 5.00 

Continued next page 




































































































PRICE CHANGES 


Hale, W. J.Manufacture of Chemicals 

by Electrolysis.25. 2.00 

Hatt, J. A. H......The Colorist.... 73.2.00 

Hay, A....Continuous Current Engi¬ 
neering .. ....80.3.75 

Herington. C. F..Powdered Coal as A Fuel. 154.4.50 

Herzfeld, J...Testing of Yarns and Tex¬ 
tile Fabrics. 56.6.00 

Ilillhouse. P. A....Ship Stability and Trim.. 192.5.00 

Hubner, J..Bleaching and Dyeing of 

Vegetable Fibrous Mate¬ 
rials .. 57. .. 

Hurst, H. E. and Latey, 

R. T.Textbook of Physics (3 

volumes).71... 

Ingle, H.Manual of Agricultural 

Chemistry .66.. . 

Jonnison, F. H...Manufacture of Lake Pig- 

ments .37... 

Jones, H. C....Nature of Solution....... 9... 

Jones, H. C... .Radioactivity .104. . . 

Kemp, J. F..Handbook of Rocks.209. 1.75 

Kershaw, J. B. C.Fuel, Water and Gas Analy¬ 

sis for Steam Users. .. .154.. . 

Klingenberg, G..Large Electric Power Sta¬ 
tions . 95... 

Koester, F.Hydroelectric Develop¬ 

ments and Engineering. 96 .. 

Koller, T.Cosmetics . 42... 

Kozmin, P. A.Flour Milling. 68 .. 

Lamborn, L. L... Modern Soaps, Candles 

and Glycerine. 42.10.00 

Leeds, C. C.Principles of Engineering 

Drawing ...204. 2.50 

Luquer, L. M.... ..Minerals in Rock Sections.209. 1.75 

McCullough, E.Practical Surveying .114. 3.00 

McIntosh. J. G...Manufacture of Varnishes 

Vol. II. Varnish Mate^ 

rials, etc. 38.5.00 

Vol. III. Spirit Varnish- 

. es, etc.38.6.00 

McMechen, F. L.Tests for Ores.211.1.50 

Merritt, W. H.....Field Testing for Gold and 

Silver ...212.3.00 

Miller, W. J..Historical Geology .208. 2.50 

Mills, C. N.Elementary Mechanics for 

Engineers .150.1.25 

Mitchell, C. F. and G. A...Building Construction .... 

Elementary Course ......223 . 2.50 

Advanced Course .223. 4.50 

.Glossary of English and 

Spanish Technical Terms. 233. 1.50 

Testing of Electrical 

Machinery .84. 2.00 


7.50 


.each 2.00 

. 5.00 

.6.00 

.3.75 

. 2.25 


3.50 

9.00 

. 6.00 

3.50 

,8.50 


Monteverde, R. D. 


II., and 


Morecroft. .T. 

TIehre, F. H. _ 

Moses. A. .T., and Parsons, 

C. L.,-Elements of Mineralogy.. .210. .4.50 

Murray, B. L.Standards and Tests for 

Reagent Chemical . 27. .....3.00 

O’Connor, H.Gas Engineers’ Pocketbook. 186. 5.00 

Palaz, A..-Industrials Photometry. . . .100.5.00 

Parsons. S. .T.Malleable'Cast Iron_..219. 3.50 

Payne, D. W.....Founders’ Manual.219.4.50 

Pilcher, R. B.Profession of Chemistry... 4.2.00 

Pollock. W.Hot Bulb Oil Engines_.191.10.00 

Pope, F. G.Research in Organic Chem¬ 
istry . 8. 3.00 


Prideaux. E. B. R.Physical Chemistry. 10. . 

Purday. R. F. P.^Diesel Engine Design.168. . 

Rankine, W. J. M.Applied Mechanics ......151. . 

Raphael, F. C...Localization of Faults in 

Electric Light and Power 
Mains .103. . 

R'eed’s ..Engineers’ Handbook.199.12.00 

Reinhardt. C. W.Lettering for Draughts¬ 
men .207.. 1.25 


4.50 

7.50 

6.00 


5.00 


Continued next page 


■ 





































































































PRICE CHANGES 


Richards, W. A.Forging of Iron and Steel.219. 2.25 

Robinson, J. B.Architectural Composition 223.3.50 

Rosenhain, W.Glass Manufacture .30.... 4.00 

Rutley, F.Elements of Mineralogy... 211.2.50 

Scott, W, W.Standard Methods of 

Chemical Analysis .... 24. 7.50 

Searle, A. B..Modern Brickmakipg. 30. 7.00 

Seaton, A. E., and 

Rounthwaite, H. M.Pocketbook of Marine En¬ 
gineering . 193. 6.00 

Senter, G.Physical Chemistry . 10. 3.00 

Sheldon, S., and Hausmann,Physical Laboratory Ex- 

E.. periments. 72..... .1.50 

Sheldon, S., and Hausmann, 

E..Electric Traction.98..3.00 

Shunk, W. F.....Field Engineer .118. 3.00 

Sindall, R. W.Manufacture of Paper.... 45. 3.00 

Sloane, T. O.Elementary Calculations... 86.. .2.50 

Smith, C. A. M.Handbook of Testing, Ma- 

terials • .188.5.00 

Sothern, W. J. M.“Verbal” Notes and 

Sketches for Marine 

Engineers .199.15.00 

Standage, H. C. .'.Leatherworkers’ Manual... 44.4.50 

Steadman, F. M.... .Unit Photography. 75.2.50 

Sudborough, J. J., and Practical Organic Chem- 

James, J. C. istry .. 8. 3.50 

Swoope, C. W.Lessons in Practical Elec¬ 
tricity . 78.2.50 

Taylor, F. N... .Small Water Supplies.134.3.00 

Taylor, W. T.Electric Conductors. 96.3.00 

Terry, II. L.India Rubber and Its Man¬ 
ufacture . 48. 3.50 

Thayer, H. B.Structural Design: 

Vol. I. Elements of 

Structural Design... .128.3.50 

Thompson, A. E.Oil Field Development 

and Petroleum Min¬ 
ing . 215.15.00 


Titherley, A. W.Organic Chemistry,. 9. 

Toch, M.Materials for Permanent 

Painting . 40. 

Twyford, H. B.Purchasing .227. 

Underwood, N. and Sulli- Chemistry and Technology 

van, T. V. of Printing Inks . 41. 

Urquhart, J. W.Electro-plating .106. 

Vacher, F...Food Inspector’s Handbook. 65. 

Von Georgievics, G. ......Chemical Technology of 

Textile Fibres . 61. 

Wagner. J. B.Seasohing of Wood..189. 

Wallis-Tayler, A. J..Aerial or Rope Wireways. . 177. 


2.50 

2.50 

4.00 

4.00 

3.00 

4.00 

7.00 

4.00 

5.00 


Art of Papermaking. 46. 4.00 

H.Metallurgical Analysis ...216 .3.00 

T.Oil Tank Steamers .195. 3.00 

F.Essentials of Electrical En¬ 
gineering . 78.3.00 

F jl» and _ I 


Watt, A. 

White, C. 

White, G. 

Wilson. J. 

Wilson, J 

Heilbron, I. M.Chemical Theory and 

Calculations . 5. 1.75 

Wimperis, H. E..Internal Combustion En¬ 
gines .168. 3.50 

Wright, T. W.Elements of Mechanics. . . .152.3.00 

Wright. T. W., and Hay- Adjustment of Observa- 

ford, J. F. tions .116.4.00 

Wynne, W. E., and Spra-Handbook of Engineering 

ragen, W. Mathematics .142.2.50 

Zeuner, A.Technical Thermodynamics.153.10.00 










































































































The Cumulated Experience 
of Forty Three Experts 

The work of America's chemists will have a far reaching 
effect upon the future development, not only of this country, 
but of the world. The data on the latest American practice 
has been gathered by forty three prominent experts of ack¬ 
nowledged, wide experience for the new 

Third Thoroughly Revised and Enlarged Edition 

OF 

Industrial Chemistry 

A MANUAL FOR THE 

STUDENT AND MANUFACTURER 


EDITED BY 

ALLEN ROGERS 

In charge of Industrial Chemistry, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

At one time Major, Chief Industrial Relations Branch, U. S. Army. 

1255 Pages 6x 9 377 Illustrations Postpaid $7.50 

Flexible Fabrikoid 


The scope of the new edition has been enlarged by the 
introduction of new chapters on industries of timely interest. 
Particular care was exercised to cover the most modern 
developments in the various industries, and many chapters 
were revised and enlarged in order to make them thoroughly 
reliable and up-to-date. 

For Contents See Page 25 

D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY 

Publishers and Booksellers 


8 WARREN STREET 


NEW YORK 









FORM "^ h ' S f ° rm may be USed * or orderin0 b °oks of ALL PUBLISHERS. 

■ wlllil We can supply them promptly from our comprehensive stocks. 


D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY 

8 Warren Street, New Yor 


19 


Enclosed find )c ash . , for $. ...for which 

( Money 3rder T 

please send me the following, delivery charges prepaid: 


cohes 


AUTHOR AND TITLE 


PRICE 



Name.. 

, . 9 

Street™. 

City__L 



State 
























THE KEY TO CHEMICAL LITERATURE 




^ — r:?^r' vo - m 

;W v^. 6W " >4 *•«'• -gSS'ft 

•SSsr^* 

l «iss-^rus» 


?s^ 0 ' 


ten 


taWj*. 


» ^ypC 

-taiysis- t ^ 0 tv-"> „ oi tVe 
'• cV ° V -a v'^Va^ 
cU °£a®'° n „ed^°ft*W 

a ‘..fncwa^^acuotv V 




*&££$** 

0 tflen 9tIk t \stn 

f a \*°® e 


teo srtl ’ 


i tSw» s S 


v>^;. 


^ a c^S e ^ a * 

s£s$£ *. ^ 

„V»»- 4 „„ t . ?VfU°' 

54fft$iS£Sr^ 

’ &2000SI 

WM^T" 


- di K5«''“ cW . — 

L u%* aty 5\ e e? ltl °‘ _ 

*C-s^ 5 & 
jSS*£Sssr- 

„ rt\Ct^ v 




V&** « 

sgfcsSa 5 
I \# 

i°°- _Axa^ otv .Y\od. 


co.®; *?»• 


'^ e at 01 *"" tie®*. 

_ i0 *s.^ • tei® e ° "" . ’ ^ 0 ' e< ^VvaV°^-ata® 


pits#*?-. 


»*°T 


b jro”^ tw 


e\c® en s 

SS£! 82 £ 


C?® ri» 


tW 01 




,u^ 


A DICTIONARY 
of CHEMICAL TERMS 

By JAMES F. COUCH 

Chemist, Bureau of Animal Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 

A carefully compiled and efficiently edited collection of definitions of chemical 
terms. It includes practically every term which anyone consulting chemical 
literature would be likely to meet. This book is wholly different from any¬ 
thing at present available in that it contains material which cannot be found 
grouped in any one volume. All phases of chemistry are exhaustively covered 
and special attention is given to the uncommon words and the words adopted 
from the apparently unrelated science which are not likely to be familiar to the 
chemist. 214 pp. 5x7 in. Flexible fabrikoid Postpaid $2.50 

D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY, 8 Warren Street, New York 



ORDE^I This form may be used for ° rderin0 b °° ks ° f all publishers. 

B wBUBfl We can supply them promptly from our comprehensive stocks. 


19 


D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY 

8 Warren Street, New York 


C Check 

Enclosed find j £^ ey Grder for $...for which 

please send me the following, delivery charges prepaid: 


COPIES 


AUTHOR AND TITLE 


PRICE 


Name. 

Street. 

City. 



State 






















From NEWTON 
to E I N S T E I N 


Changing Conceptions of 

The UNIVERSE 

BY 

BENJAMIN HARROW, PhD. 



An interesting discussion- 
in the language of every day 
life—of space, time, gravitation, 
nature of light. Lodge’s ether, 
theory of relativity and 
the fourth dimension. 


SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED 

WITH ARTICLES BY PROF. EINSTEIN, PROF. J. A. AMES 
(JOHNS HOPKINS), SIR FRANK DYSON (ASTRONOMER 
ROYAL), PROF. A. S. EDDINGTON (CAMBRIDGE) AND SIR 
J. J. THOMSON (PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY) 


Portraits and Illustrations Postpaid $1.00 
{Order Blank on other side) 


128 Pages 




Index to Authors page 238 Index to Subjects page 254 

Pricesjjuoted in this catalogue, subject to change without further notice 


Technical, Industrial, 

t 

Engineering and Scientific 
Publications 


All prices include delivery prepaid. 

All bindings are cloth except as otherwise noted . 


CHEMISTRY 

d ALBE, E. E. FOURNIER. Contemporary Chemistry. A survey of the 
present state, methods and tendencies of chemical science. 5 ^x 8 
188 pp. $1.50 

CONTENTS: The Situation, a Retrospect; The Molecule; States of Aggregation; 
Optical Chemistry; The Theory of Solutions; Osmotic Pressure; Affinity; Valency; 
Chemistry and Electricity; Chemical Analysis; Crystallization; Carbon Compounds; 
Chemistry and Life; Chemistry of Metals; Industrial Chemistry; The Atomic 
Theory; Radioactivity; The Chemistry of the Future. 

BLANCHARD, WM. M. Laboratory Exercises in General Chemistry. Second 
Edition. Ill., 5 x y l / 2f i *68 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Preliminary Operations; Chemical Action; Quantitative Relations; 
Oxygen; Proportion of Oxygen in the Atmosphere; Oxidation and Reduction; 
Hydrogen; Equivalent Weights; Water; Solutions; Influence of Temperature on 
Solubility; Hydrogen Peroxide; Atomic Weights; Chlorine; Hydrogen Chloride 
and Hydrobromic Acid; Iodine; Hydrogen Iodide and Hydriodic Acid; Hydrogen 
Fluoride and Hydrofluoric Acid; Oxygen Compounds of the Halogens; Acids— 
Bases—Salts ; Sulphur; Hydrogen Sulphide ; Sulphur Dioxide and Sulphurous Acid ; 
Sulphur Trioxide and Sulphuric Acid; Nitrogen; Ammonia; Oxides of Nitrogen; 
Nitric Acid and Nitrates; Phosphorus—Phosphine—The Chlorides of Phosphorus; 
Phosphorus Pentoxide and the Phosphoric Acids; Arsenic; Antimony; Bismuth ; 
Carbon; Hydrocarbons; Oxides of Carbon; Silicon; Boron; Sodium Chloride; 
Sodium Bicarbonate; Sodium Nitrite; Reactions of Potassium Salts; Potassium 
Carbonate; Potassium Hydroxide; Potassium Nitrate; Detection of Sodium, Po¬ 
tassium, and Ammonium Salts; Reactions of Calcium Salts; Calcium Hydroxide; 
Calcium Sulphate; Strontium Salts; Barum Salts; Detection of Calcium, Stron¬ 
tium, and Barium Salts; Compounds of Copper; Silver Salts; Zinc Salt’s; Cad¬ 
mium Salts; Mercury Salts; Aluminum Salts; The Salts; Lead Salts; Detection 
of Aluminum, Tin, and Lead Salts; Compounds of Chromium; Manganese Com¬ 
pounds; Iron Compounds; Cobalt and Nickel Salts; Detection of Chromium, Man¬ 
ganese, Iron, Cobalt, and Nickel; Vapor Tension and Specific Gravity Tables; 
Solubility Curves; Partial List of Elements with Atomic Weights. 

COUCH, JAMES F. Dictionary of Chemical Terms. 6 x 9 . In Press 

A collection of definitions of chemical terms which includes practically every 
term which anyone consulting chemical literature would meet with, including 
terms long obsolete, but which occur in profusion in the older literature, and 
terms which are of historical interest chiefly. The author is fully qualified 
to compile this work, having been prominently engaged in industrial chemistry 
for a number of years. 




CHEMISTRY 


CREHQRE, ALBERT C. The Mystery of Matter and Energy. Recent 

progress as to the structure of matter. Ill., 4Rf x 7, 170 pp: $1.00 

CONTENTS: See page Uj. 

DUNSTAN, A. E., and THOLE, F. B. A Text-book of Practical Chemistry 

for Technical Institutes. 52 ill., 5x7^, 345 pp. $1.40 

CONTENTS: *Dry Testa. Reactions of the Ions. Commoner Positive Ions. 
Commoner Acids and Their Negative Ions. “ Rare ” Elements. Volumetric and 
Gravimetric Analysis. Gravimetric Estimation of the Commoner Positive Radicals. 
Of the Commoner Negative Radicals. Complete Quantitative Analysis of Mixtures 
and Compounds. Simple Gasometry. Tests for the Elements in Organic Compounds. 
Quantitative Estimation of the Elements in Organic Compounds. Common Organic 
Estimations. Common Operations in Organic Chemistry. Identification of Simple 
Organic Substances. Separation and Identification of Mixtures. Physico-Chemical/ 
Determinations. 


HARROW, B. Eminent Chemists of Our Times, Their Lives and Work. 

In Press 

A non-technical, interestingly written account of the more remarkable achieve¬ 
ments in the realm of chemistry as exemplified by the life and work of the 
more modern chemists. There is hardly a chemist of note whose work is not 
mentioned in connection with one or another of the eleven following: Perkin 
and Coal Tar Dyes; Mendeleeff and the Periodic Law; Richards and Atomic 
Weights; Ramsey and the Gases of the Atmosphere; van’t Hoff and Physical 
Chemistry; Arrhenius and The Theory of Electrolytic Dissociation; Moissan 
and the Electric Furnace; Curie and Radium; Victor Meyer and the Rise of 
Organic Chemistry; Remsen and the Rise of Chemistry in America; Fischer 
and the Chemistry of Foods. 

HILDITCH, T. P. A Concise History of Chemistry. 16 diagrams, 5x 7*4, 

2 73 PP- ' $1.50 

CONTENTS: The Evolution of the Science; The Chemical History of Fire, 
Air and AVater; The Ultimate Constitution of Matter; Inorganic Compounds 
and the Laws of Chemical Combination; Notes on the History of the Elements 
and Their Chief Compounds; The History of Organic Chemistry; Comp unds 
and Reaction in Organic Chemistry; The Chemistry of Plant and Animal Life- 
The Application of Chemistry to Manufactures; The History of Physical Chemis¬ 
try; The Progress of Experimental Method; Biographical Index of Chemists 


HOYT, WILBUR F. Chemistry by Experimentation, Including Qualitative 
Analysis. A laboratory manual for the First Year Course. 25 ill., 
5/4 x 7 %, 160 pp. $0.70 

(Author is Professor of Chemistry, State Normal School, Peru, Nebr.) 

CONTENTS: Introduction to the Laboratory; The States of Matter; Elements 
Compounds, Mixtures and Radicals; Physical and Chemical Changes; Air and 
Nitrogen; Oxygen and Ozone; Water; Hydrogen; Solutions, Solvents and Crys¬ 
tallization ; Removal of Spots and Stains; Combustion ; Carbon and Its Oxids; 
Jectrochemistry; Acids, Bases and Salts; Hydrochloric and Hydrofluoric Acids; 

cii 1 lV* 0 ^ Cn A° < T. d mi^ lt A r i 1 i C £ c ’ d and Nitrates: Sulfuric Acid, Sulphates andi Hvdro- 
m C Acid; ^ le Alkali Bases; Alkalin Earth Bases and Compounds: Quantita- 
eaS c r ^ ent - S ~^ o1l - d , S ; Qualitative Measurements—Gases ; Oxidation and Re- 
ArcpnC*’* A U rH r ’ ’- tS ,°£ ds an ^ Metallic Sulfids; The Halogens; Phosphorus and 
tinn Writil Chenucal Excursion;’; Qualitative Analysis; The Principles of Equa- 
S S 0ua1it a ti y e Analyse of Bases -Reagent Method: Qualitative Anal- 
^ A Chemistry of Light: Hydrocarbons: Carbo- 

and SoanATrt T herS ?", d Aldehydes; Organic Acids and Esters: Fats, Oils 
rine • C«; a 7, : J nK - and Paints; Milk ’ and Oleomarga- 

TVc-rs- rhemict. c re ad. an d Baking Powder: Adulteration of Foods an a 
and' Normal iob, 5 *- 0f D, ® est,on 1 Chemistry of Agriculture: Calibration, Standard 
and Normal Solutions; Burette Determination of Salt, Base and Acid, 


CHEMISTRY 


3 


JONES, HARRY C. A New Era in Chemistry. Some of the more important 
developments in general chemistry during the last quarter of a century. 
3 diagrams, 5x8, 338 pp. $2.00 

(Author is Professor of Physical Chemistry injjohns Hopkins University.) 
CONTENTS: Condition of Chemistry in 1887 . Development of the Law of 
Mass Action. The Energy Changes that take place in Chemical Reactions. Van’t 
Hoff, Le Bel, and Guye and the Origin of Stereochemistry. The Phase Rule of 
Willard Gibbs. The Role of Osmotic Pressure in the Analogy between Solutions 
and Gases. Arrhenius and the Theory of Electrolytic Dissociation. The Solvate 
Theory of Solution and the Importance of Solutions for Science in General. The 
Work of Wilhelm Ostwald in Inaugurating the New Era in Chemistry. Investiga¬ 
tions by Students and Co-workers of Wilhelm Ostwald. The Electron and Radio¬ 
chemistry. Explanation of Radioactive Phenomena. Appendix. 

An exposition of the difference between the chemistry of to-day and that 
of twenty-five years ago, showing in what this difference consists, how these 
new developments were brought about and by whom. The author writes 
with authority, having known well the men who were instrumental in bring¬ 
ing about this “New Era.” 

KEMBLE, W. T., and UNDERHILL, C. R. The Periodic Law and the 
Hydrogen Spectrum. 4 folding plates, 6x9, paper, 28 pp. $0.50 

LASSAR-COHN, DR. An Introduction to Modern Scientific Chemistry. 

Translated from the second German edition by M. M. Pattison Muir. 
New Edition. 58 ill., 5)4 x 7^2, 35$ pp. $2.25 

CONTENTS: List of the Elements; Hydrogen Gas; Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, 
Fluorine, and Their Compounds with Hydrogen; Hydrochloric Acid Gas; Acids, 
Bases and Salts; Hydrobromic, Hydriodic and Hydrofluoric Acid; Atoms and 
Their Weights; Calculating Formula from the Results of Analyses; Molecules and 
Their Weights; Oxygen; Sulphur; Sulphuric Acid; Acid Salts; Double Salts; 
Basic Salts; Nitrogen; Nitric Acid; Aqua Regia; Explosives; Phosphorus; Vari¬ 
ous Modifications of Certain Elements; Ozone; Phosphoretted Hydrogen; Building 
up of Plants from Inorganic Substances; Arsenic; Antimony; Carbon; Organic 
Chemistry; Valencies of the Elements; Chemistry of Organized Substances; Asym¬ 
metric Carbon Atom; Manufacture of Coal-Gas; Acetylene Gas; Petroleum; 
Flame; Silicon; The Metals; The Light Metals; Preparation of the Light Metals 
by Electricity; Potassium; Sodium; Calcium; Magnesium; Aluminum; The 
Systematic Arrangements of the Elements. 

LETTS, E. A. Some Fundamental Problems in Chemistry: Old and New. 
44 ill., 6x9, 250 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: The Older Chemistry. Ancient Theories Regarding the Nature of 
Matter and More Recent Theories as to the Nature of Energy; The Atomic 
Theory and Atomic Weights; The Periodic Law. The Newer Chemistry. Th« 
Effects of Electrical Discharges on Gases in High Vacua; Radioactivity; The 
Question of Inorganic Evolution; Lockyer’s Views and Works; The Birth and 
Death of Worlds; Gravitation and Radiation Pressures; Arrhenius’ Views; Con¬ 
tinuation of Collie and Patterson’s Researches on the Presence of Neon in Hydro¬ 
gen After the Passage of the Electric Discharge Through the Latter at Low 
Pressures. 

MARTIN, GEOFFREY. Triumphs and Wonders of Modern Chemistry. 

A popular treatise on modern chemistry and its marvels, written in 
non-technical language for general readers and students. 76 ills., 
6x8 T 4 , 378 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: The Mystery of Matter. The Underworld of Atoms. Distribu¬ 
tion and Evolution of the Elements. The Wonders of Chemical Change. Water 
The Element Hydrogen. The Air. Oxygen, The Life Supporting Element. The 
Element Nitrogen. The Element Carbon. Carbon Dioxide. Silicon and its Com- 


4 


CHEMISTRY 


pounds. Sulphur and its Compounds. The Phosphorous Group of Elements. 

Fire, Flame and Spectral Analysis. 

The author, who is a lecturer in chemistry at the University of London, deals 
with a variety of subjects in a very interesting manner, covering the whole 
field of the sciences that are correlated with chemistry or that have any phe¬ 
nomena connected with them that can be explained by chemical reasoning. 

MARTIN, GEOFFREY. Modern Chemistry and Its Wonders. A popular 

account of some of the more remarkable recent advances in chemical 
science. 65 ill., sA x 7 3 A, 267 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: The Wonderland of Modern Chemistry; The Romance of Some 
Simple Nitrogen Compounds; The Romance of Explosives; Radium and the 
New Chemistry; The Mystery of the Periodic Law; The Radio-elements and the 
Periodic Law;' Modern Alchemy; Applications of Electricity to Chemistry; The 
Romance of Hydrocarbons; The Romance of Sugar; The Romance of Alcohol; 
The Romance of Common Salt; Metallic Firestones; Artificial Precious Stones. 
The really wonderful achievements of modern scientific chemistry are pop¬ 
ularly explained in this work. The author avoids, as far as possible, all 
technicalities so that the general reader who is at all familiar with the funda¬ 
mentals of chemistry may grasp fully the wonders wrought by the chemical 
manipulation of *the processes employed in the manufacture of common 
objects. 


NORTH, H. B. laboratory Experiments in General Chemistry. Second 

Edition , Revised. 36 ill., $y 2 x 7 ^, 212 pp. $1.00 

(Author is professor of chemistry in Rutgers College.) 

CONTENTS: Causes of Chemical Change; Hydrogen; Oxygen and Ozone; 
Water and Hydrogen Peroxide; The Halogens; Acids, Bases and Salts; Nitro¬ 
gen; Oxidation and Reduction; Sulphur; Carbon; Silicon and Boron; Phos¬ 
phorus, Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth; The Alkalies and Ammonium; The 
Alkalme Earths; Magnesium, Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury; Copper, Silver and 
xt- 1 i and head; Aluminum and Chromium; Manganese; Iron, Cobalt and 
Nickel; Platinum; Appendix; Correction of Gas Volumes; Chemical Arith¬ 
metic; Tables. 

A manual of five hundred carefully chosen experiments on the most common 
elements, designed to cover a laboratory course in general chemistry given 
in connection with a series of experimental lectures and arranged so & that 
it can be used with any good text book. 


PERKIN, F. M., and JAGGERS, E. M. Textbook of Elementary Chemistry. 

77 ill., 4 3 A *7, 342 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction ; Examination of Water ; Metric System; Distillation • 
thermometers; Freezing, Boiling and Melting Points; The Atmosphere ; Chemical 
Properties of the Atmosphere; Chemical Properties of Water; Hydrogen and 
Oxygen; Quantitative Examination of Chalk; Carbon and Its Oxides and Com¬ 
pounds with Hydrogen; Flame and Combustion; Compounds of Nitrogen • Hv- 
droclfionc Acid and the Halogens; Sulphur-and Its Compounds; Phosphorous 
and Phosphorous Compounds; The Metals. 

A simple course, leading from fact to fact, in an interesting and logical se¬ 
quence intended to arouse in the student or reader a keen interest in the 
subject, lhe making of careful notes of all laboratory work during the pro¬ 
gress of the study is greatly encouraged. 

PILCHER, RICHARD B. The Profession of Chemistry. 5 x 7 ^, 215 pp. 

In Press 

S2“ UCt r ; Preliminary Education; Pharmacists and Chemists; 
Professional Training; Prospects and Conditions of Practice; Professional Or- 

rh yStS ‘. a " d rt^' Agricultural Analysts; Professional 
. w’ Ind “ stl L aI Chemistry; Chemistry and the State; Teaching to the 
State, Women in Professional Chemistry; Chemistry in War. 


INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 


5 


PILCHER, RICHARD B., and JONES, FRANK B. What Industry Owes to 
Chemical Science. With an introduction by Sir George Beilby. 
5x7^, 150 PP- $1.50 

CONTENTS: Minerals and Metals; Heavy Chemicals and Alkali; Coal and Coal 
Gas; Dyes, Explosives and Cellulose; Oils, Fats and Waxes; Leather; Rubber; 
Mortar and Cement; Refractory Materials; Glass and Enamels; Pottery and 
Porcelain; Chemical Products; Photography; Agriculture and Food; Brewing; 
Alcohol, Wines and Spirits; Tobacco, Inks, Pencils, etc.; Gases; Government 
Chemistry. 

WADMORE, J. M. Elementary Chemical Theory. Ill., 5x7^, 286 pp. 

$1.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Gravimetric Laws of Chemical Reaction. Atomic 
Hypothesis. Law of Reacting Gas Volumes. Avogadro’s Hypothesis. Vapor 
Densities. Molecular Weights. Selection of Atomic Weights. Dulong and Petit’s 
Law. Crystalline Shape. Isomorphism. Periodic Law. Constitution of the Ele¬ 
ments. Radioactivity. Formulas and Equations. Constitution and Configura¬ 
tion of Compounds. Gas Laws and Kinetic Hypothesis. Critical Temperature 
and Liquefaction of Gases. Properties of Pure Liquids. Solutions. Freezing 
and Boiling Points of Solutions. Molecular Weights of Dissolved Substances. 
Liquid Diffusion. Osmotic Pressure. Electrolysis. Ionization. Degree of Ioniza¬ 
tion. Equilibrium of Electrolytes. Conclusion. Table of Atomic Weights. 

WILSON, F. J., and HEILBRON, I. M. Chemical Theory and Calculations. 

An elementary textbook. Ill., 3 folding plates, 5 x 714, 145 pp. $1.25 
(Authors are lecturers in chemistry in the Royal Technical College, Glasgow.) 
CONTENTS: The Metric System. Density and Specific Gravity. Thermometry. 
The Gas Laws. Solubility of Gases in Liquids. The Atomic Theory. Formula? 
and Equations. Calculation of Percentage Composition of a Compound from its 
Formula. Calculation of Empirical Formula from Percentage Composition. Equiv¬ 
alents or Combining Weights. Atomic Weights. Valency. Periodical Classifica¬ 
tion of the Elements. Law of Mass Action. Determination of Vapor Densities. 
Osmotic Pressure and Molecular Weight Determination. Dissociation of Gases. 
Electrolytic Dissociation. Diffusion of Gases. Quantitative Analysis. Thermo¬ 
chemistry. 


INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 

CAVEN, R. M., and LANDER, G. D. Systematic Inorganic Chemistry. 

A textbook for advanced students. 6 x 8^4, 350 pp. $2.25 

After an introductory chapter on the atomic and molecular theories andi val¬ 
ency, an account of the periodic law is given, followed by an examination of the 
successive groups so as to show the variation of properties in accordance with 
the provisions of the law; in the description of the groups, the elements and 
their analogous compounds are dealt witth comparatively for the purpose of 
illustrating the manner of variation. The latest available material has been 
utilized, and brief accounts are given in appendices of the no-valency elements 
of the helium group, of views on the origin of elements, and of radioactivity. 

DARLING, ELTON R. Inorganic Chemical Synonyms and Other Chemical 
Data. 4 X7J4, 109 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; The Elements; Specific Gravity and Temperature 
Comparison; Standards of Weights and Measures; Chemical Synonyms: Alum¬ 
inum; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Bismuth; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; 
Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead (Plumbum); Magnesium; Manganese; Mercury 
(Hydrargyrum); Nickel; Potassium; Silver; Sodium; Zinc; Miscellaneous 
Synonyms; Hydrogen Compounds; Cross Index of Chemical Terms. 



6 


ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 


SENTER, GEORGE. A Text-Book of Inorganic Chemistry. Fourth Edition. 

90 ill., 5 x 7 l / 2 , 631 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Illustrations of Chemical Change; Conservation of Mass and En¬ 
ergy; Chemical Attraction; The Chemical Elements; Hydrogen; General Proper¬ 
ties of Gases; Oxygen; Combustion; Water; General Properties of Liquids; 
Solution; Chlorine and Hydrochloric Acid; Laws of Chemical Combination; The 
Atomic Theory; Determination of Atomic Weights; Combining Weights and 
Chemical Equivalents; Formulae and Equations; Valency; Ozone, and Hydrogen 
Peroxide; Thermochemistry; The Halogen and Halogen Acids; Chemical Equi¬ 
librium ; Thermal Dissociation; Oxides and Oxygen Acids of the Halogens; 
Osmotic Pressure/ and Molecular Weight in Solution; Nitrogen, the Atmosphere 
and the Elements of the Helium Group; Compounds of Nitrogen with Hydrogen 
and with the Halogens; Oxydes and Oxyacids of Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Electro¬ 
lysis and Electrolytic Dissociation; Sulphur, Selenium and Tellurium; Carbon; 
Combustion and Flame; Silicon and Boron; Classification of the Elements; The 
Periodic System; General Properties of the Metals and Their Compounds; The 
Alkali Metals; Metals of the Copper Group, Alkaline Earths, of the Zinc, Alum¬ 
inum, Tin, Arsenic, Chromium, Manganese, Iron and Platinum Groups; Radio- 
Activity. 

SILVERMAN, ALEXANDER, and HARVEY, A. W. Laboratory Directions 
and Study Questions in Inorganic Chemistry. Ill., 8x 1034 , loose leaf, 

no pp. $2.00 

The directions in this manual have been selected as representative not only of 
the practical applications of chemistry, but as illustrating modern theories. 
Wherever possible the apparatus required has been simplified so as to avoid 
the necessity of having the student use elaborate forms. The directions are 
arranged in loose leaf form so that they may be detached and submitted from 
day to day with results obtained in the laboratory. The study questions which 
form the second part of the book follow closely the treatment of Inorganic 
Chemistry in the college texts. Recitations may be conducted on the basis of 
the study sheets, thus obtaining uniformity in all quiz sections. This makes 
it impossible for the student to feel that he has failed in the course because 
of the method of quizzing of the instructor being different from that of the 
professor conducting the course, especially if final examinations are based on 
the study questions. 


ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 

BARROWCLIFF, M., and CARR, F. H. Organic Medicinal Chemicals. 

534 x 824 . (Industrial Chemistry Series.) In Press 

BERNTHSEN, A. A. Textbook of Organic Chemistry. Edited and revised 

to date by J. J. Sudborough. Ill., 534 x 734 , 735 PP- $3.50 

CONTENTS: Aliphatic or Open-chain Compounds. Hydrocarbons. Haloid 
Substitution Products of the Hydrocarbons. Monohydratic Alcohols or Alkyl Hydrox¬ 
ides. Derivations of the Alcohols. Aldehydes and Ketones. Monobasic Fatty 
Acids. Acid Derivatives. Polyhydric Alcohols. Hydroxy Monobasic Acids and 
Comoounds Related to Them. Diabasic Acids. Polybasic Acids. Cyanogen Com¬ 
pounds. Carbonic Acid Derivatives. Carbohydrates. Chemistry of the Cyclic 
Compounds. Carbocyclic Compounds. Polymethylene Derivatives. Benzene 
Derivatives. Benzene Hydrocarbons. Halogen Derivatives. Nitro-Substitution 
Products 01 the Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Amino-Derivatives or Arylamines. Diazo- 
and Azo-Compounds. Hydrazines. Aromatic Sulphonic Acids. Phenols. Aromatic 
Alcohols, Aldehydes, and Ketones. Aromatic Acids. Compounds Containing Two 
or More Benzene Nuclei. Diphenyl Group. Diphenyl-Methane Group. Dibenzvl 
Group. Triphenyl-Methane Group. Compounds with Condensed Benzene Nuclei. 
Anthracene and Phenanthrene Groups. Heterocyclic Compounds. Furane Group. 
Compounds Formed by the Condensation of a Benzene Nucleus with a Furane, Trio- 
phene, or Pyrrole Ring. Pyrazole Group. Six-Mejnbered Heterocyclic Rings, 



ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 


Quinoline and Acridine Groups. Six-Membered Heterocyclic Compounds with Four 
Carbon Atoms in Ring. Alkaloids. Terpenes and Camphors. Resins. Glucosides. 
Albumins. Physiological Chemistry. Reduction. Oxidation. Stereochemistry of 
Sulphur, Selenion, Tin, and Nitrogen Compounds. Relationships between Physical 
Properties and Chemical Constitution. Fermentation and Enzyme Action. Catalytic 
Action of Finely-Divided Metals and Metallic Oxides. Unsaturation. Aliphatic 
Diazo- and Triazo-Compounds. 

lhe present edition is on much the same lines as the former ones, but contains 
two entirely new chapters while a large number of others have been rewritten so 
as to bring them into accord with the problems that have been brought forth in 
recent years. 

FISCHER, EMIL. Introduction to the Preparation of Organic Compounds. 

Translated, with the author’s sanction, from the New ( Eighth ) Ger¬ 
man edition by R. V. Stanford. 19 ill., 5x7^, 194 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Part I. Nitrobenzene. Aniline. Acetanilide. Thiocarbon- 

ilide. Phenyl Mustard-oil. _ /?-Phenylhydroxylamine. Nitrosobenzine. Ethyl 
Benzoate, ^meta- Brombenzoic Acid. Benzoyl Chloride. Benzamide. Diazo¬ 
benzene Nitrate. Diazoamidobenzene. Amidoazobenzine. Sulphanilic Acid. 
Diazobenzenesulphonic Acid. Helianthin. Phenyl-hydrazine. Benzonitrile. 

Monoethylaniline. Nitrosodi-methylaniline. Hydrazobenzene and Benzidine. 
Ethyl Iodide. Aldehyde and Aldehyde-ammonia. Ethylene Bromide. 
Glycol. Methylamine. Benzyl Chloride. Benzaldehyde. Benzyl Alcohol. 
Benzoin. Benzil. Benzilic Acid. Cinnamic Acid. Hydrocinnamic Acid. 
Hexahydrobenzene. Acetoacetic Ester. Diacetosuccinic Ester. Diethyl 
Malonate. Benzylmalonic Ester. Benzylmalonic Acid. Terephthalic Acid. 
Pyruvic Aicd. Epichlorhydrin. Acrolein, ortho- and /Wa-Nitrophenol. Picric 
Acid. Anisole. Quinone and Hydroquinone. Salicylic Aldehvde. /?-Naphtha¬ 
lene Sulphonic Acid. / 2 -Naphthol. Naphthalene 'from Nap'thol (distillation 
with zinc-dust). Potassium Cyanate and Urea. Alloxan and Mloxatine. 
Quinoline. Hydrocollidine and Collidine-dicarboxylic Esters. a-Methylindol 
(Methylketol). Diphenyl. Benzoyl-acetone. Benzophenone. Benzophenone. 
oxime. Phenanthrene-quinone. Triphenylmethane. Triphenyl-carbinol- 
Malachite-green. Fluorescein and Eosin. Anthraquinone. Alizarine. Cam¬ 
phor-oxime. Part II. Furfurol. Grape-sugar. Mannose. Gluconic Acid. 
Phenylhydrazide of Gluconic Acid. Saccharic Acid. Mucic Acid. a-Glucohep- 
tonic Acid. a-Glucoheptose. Dulcitor. a-Methyl-glucoside. Glucosamine 
Hydrochloride. Leucine. Phenylalanine. Tyrosine. Cystine. /?-Naphthalene- 
sulphoglycine. Glycocoll-ester and Glycine-anhydride. Leucvl-glycine. <i-Al- 
anine and Glycocoll-esterhydrochloride. Approximate Concentration of 
Reagents. 

The preparation of 90 compounds are shown, and these have been selected 
because of their practical nature, such as the cost of materials and apparatus, 
the easiness, shortness and freedom from danger of the operations. 

LOWY, ALEXANDER. Organic Type Formulas. Two color chart. 5x8. 
paper leaflet. $0.10 

Two charts, one for the aliphatic series and one for the aromatic series, which 
will be found useful to supplement the ordinary textbook on organic chemis¬ 
try. Printed in two colors, to emphasize certain endings, type groups, etc., red 
lettering is used to advantage. 

NEAVE, G. B., and HEILBRON, I. M. The Identification of Organic 

Compounds. 5x7^, in pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Preliminary Tests. Tests for the Elements. Group Reactions. 
Hydrocarbons. Alcohols. Ethers. Phenols. Aldehydes. Ketones. Acids. Aro¬ 
matic Sulphonic Acids. Acid Anhydrides.. Acid Halides. Acid Amides. Acid 
Imides. Acid Anilides. Esters. Quinones. Carbohydrates. Glucosides. Amines. 
Nitro Compounds. Nitroso Compounds. Nitriles and Isonitriles. Isocyanates. 
Ureas and Ureides. Uric Acid Group. Halogen Compounds. Azo Compounds. 
Pyridine and Quinoline Group. Alkaloids. Sulphur Compounds. Terpenes and 
Allied Compounds. Albumens and Proteids. Appendix. 


8 


ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 


Brings together in convenient form the principal reactions and physical constants 
of the most important organic substances. The aim is to eliminate guess-work 
on the part of the student and to provide methods by which the more important 
groups in the compound may be detected, the compound assigned to its class 
and completely identified by reference to the section dealing with the class to 
which it belongs. 

POPE, E. G. Modern Research in Organic Chemistry. 261 diagrams, S J A 

x 7^> 336 PP- $2.50 

CONTENTS: The Polymethylenes. The Terpenes and Camphors. The Uric Acid 
and Purine Group. The Alkaloids. The Relation between the Color and Constitu¬ 
tion of Chemical Compounds. Salt Formation. Pseudo-acids and Baess. The Py- 
rones. Ketens, Ozonides, Triphenylmethyl. The Grignard Reaction. 


REID, E. EMMET. Introduction to Research in Organic Chemistry. 

In Press 

(Author is Professor of Organic Chemistry in Johns Hopkins University.) 
CONTENTS: Introduction; Definition of Research and General Point of View; 
Literature; How to Find What Has Been Done on a Subject, etc.; The Study of 
Properties of Known Substances as an Object of Research; Study of Methods 
of Preparation of Known Substances as an Object of Research; Preparation of 
New Compounds; Study of Structures; Methods of Determination; Synthesis; 
Study of Reactions; Limits, Velocities; Intermediate Compounds; Study of Quan¬ 
titative Methods for Estimation of Organic Compounds; Publication of Results. 

SABATIER, PAUL. Catalysis in Organic Chemistry. Translated from the 
French by Prof. E. Emmet Reid. In Press 

SCUDDER, HEYWARD. Electrical Conductivity and Ionization Constants 

of Organic Compounds. 6x9, 575 pp. $ 3.00 

Presents a bibliography of all the measurements of the ionization constants 
and the electrical conductivity of organic compounds that have appeared in 
the periodical literature between 1889 and 1910, inclusive, together with the 
values of the ionization constants and certain values of the electrical conduc¬ 
tivity measurements, including also qualitative work. The work is divided into 
a set of tables arranged according to the names of compounds, containing all 
the data that may be given, with a bibliography of all of the references to each 
compound; a formula index to the compounds; a bibliography arranged ac¬ 
cording to names of authors; a subject index to certain subjects, and a journal 
list giving the names of all journals examined with the number and date of 
the last volume examined. 


SUDBOROUGH, J. J., and JAMES, J. C. Practical Organic Chemistry. 

92 ill., 5x7^, 394 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Common Methods of Purification. Methods of Testing Purity. 
Solubility of Solids in Liquids. Detection of the Common Elements which 
Occur in i arbon Compounds. Estimation of Commonly Occurring Elements. 
Determination of the Equivalent of an Acid and of a Base. Determination 01 
Molecular_\\ eights by Physical Methods. Hydrocarbons. Alcohol and Ethers. 
Halogen Derivatives. Carboxylic Acids. Derivatives of Acids. Non-deriva- 
tives. Nitration. Sulphonic Acid. Sulphonation. Phenols and Phenolic 
Ethers. Amines and Quarternary Ammonium Compounds. Acetyl and Benzol 
Derivatives. Diazomum Salts and their Uses. Aldehydes and Ketones. Oximes, 
A hy f raZ ? ne ? ^ nd Semi-carbazones. Quinones. Claisen’s Condensation. 
Ethyl Aceton Acetate. Its Reactions and Condensations. Ethyl Malonate and 
its Use as a Synthetical Reagent. Reduction. Oxidation. Condensation. 

rignard s Reagents. Dyes. Iodine Compounds containing a Polyvalent 
Iodine Atom. Stereoisomeric Acids. Molecular Rearrangement. Quantitative 
Experiments with Acids, Esters, Amines, etc. Velocities of Typical Organic 
Reactions. Electrical Conductivity. Examination of Unknown Organic Sub¬ 
stances. Preparation of Inorganic Reagents. Tables. 


PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 


0 


TITHERLEY, A. W. Laboratory Course of Organic Chemistry, including 
Qualitative Organic Analysis. Ill., 5^4x8j4, 240 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Solubility; Filtration; Separation; Recrystallization; Melting Point; 
Boiling Point; Preparation and Purification of Organic Compounds; Hydrocarbons; 
Halogen Derivatives; Alcohols and Phenols; Aldehydes; Ketones and Quinones; 
Acids; Esters; Glycerides; Carbohydrates ; Sulphur Compounds; Amines; Diazo¬ 
derivatives; Nitrites; Hetrocyclic Bases; Amides; Ureides; Alkaloids; Determina¬ 
tion of Carbon; Hydrogen; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Sulphur and Halogens in 
Organic Substances; Investigation of Organic Compounds; Characteristic Qualities 
of the Main Classes; Tables. 

WALKER, JAMES. Organic Chemistry for Students of Medicine. 22 ill., 
6x9, 340 pp. $ 3.00 

The time allotted in the ordinary medical curriculum is usually very short, yet 
the student, when he takes up physiology, pharmacology and pathology, is ex¬ 
pected to possess a knowledge not only of the principles of chemistry, but of 
numerous substances and processes, many of them very complex. In this book 
the chemical substances considered in the course are selected not so much for 
their importance in systematic or synthetic chemistry as for their medical in¬ 
terest, in order that the student study the things that will be of some utility 
to him in the later portions of his professional education. The work will be 
found a useful reference volume for the physician. 


PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 


FIRTH, JAMES B. Practical Physical Chemistry. 74 ill., 5 x “J4, 190 pp. 

$1.25 

(Author is assistant lecturer and demonstrator in chemistry at Armstrong Col¬ 
lege, Newcastle-on-Tyne.) 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Thermostats; Density of Gases, Liquids and Vapors; 
Determination of Viscosity and Surface Tension; Determination of Solubility; 
Determination of Molecular Weights; Determination of Transition Points; Os¬ 
motic Pressure; Refractivity Measurements; Rotation of the Plane of Polariza¬ 
tion; Spectrum Analysis; Determination of Partition Coefficients; Thermo- 
Chemical Measurements; Determination of Transport Numbers; Electrical Con¬ 
ductivity; Electromotive Force; Velocity of Chemical Reaction; Quantitative 
Electrolytic Determinations; Electrolytic Preparations; Preparation of Colloids. 
Provides an interesting and well graded course of experimental lessons in 
the various branches of its subject, supplemented by as much theoretical 
teaching as enables a student to understand the principles of the well de¬ 
scribed experiments. A useful working handbook, well illustrated and clearly 
written. 

JONES, HARRY C. The Nature of Solution. With a biographical memoir 
by Prof. E. Emmet Reid and tributes by Professors Arrhenius, Ostwald 
and Woodward. Ill., 6x9, 406 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Importance of Solution; Earlier Views as to the Nature of Solu¬ 
tion ; The Osmotic Pressure of Solutions; Relations Between Solutions and Gases 
Demonstrated by Vant Hoff; The Theory of Electrolytic Dissociation as An¬ 
nounced by Arrhenius; Diffusion in Solution; Depression of the Vapor-tension 
of a Solvent by Substances Dissolved in It; Depression of Freezing-Point of a 
Solvent by the Solute; Aqueous Solutions of Acids, Bases and Salts—Electro¬ 
lytes; Some Electrical Properties of Aqueous Solutions of Electrolytes; Solution 
in Nonaqueous and in Mixed Solvents; Colloidal Solutions; Solutions in Solids 
as Solvents; The Newer Hydrate Theory; The Solvate Theory of Solutions. 

No subject in chemistry has received more attention, especially during the 
last quarter of a century, than that of solution. This is due primarily to the 
fundamental significance of solution for chemical science. Solutions in the 



PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 


10 


broad sense of the term are fundamental not only for chemistry, but for 
geology and the various branches of biology. Matter in the pure, homogeneous 
condition is relatively inert. It becomes active when mixed in a certain way 
with other matter in the same or in a different state of aggregation—when 
dissolved. Since solution is so fundamental for the natural sciences in gen¬ 
eral, and for chemistry in particular, we must know what solutions are, if 
we would ever make these various branches of science exact. Since chemistry 
has to do largely with the science of solution, it can become an exact science 
only by the science of solution becoming exact. We must first know what is 
the real condition of matter in solution. What laws does it obey? Is the 
dissolved substance combined with the solvent, and if so with how much of 
it? The present work is a general discussion of some of the more important 
properties of solutions, true and colloidal. It is therefore written in a non- 
mathematical, indeed, largely in a semi-popular style. Prof. Jones wrote this 
book during the last year of his life, and it was left unpublished. It is now 
issued, with the aid of several friends and by permission of his widow, as a 
memorial volume, to put into a permanent record his life-work on the solvate 
theory on which Prof. Jones investigated sixteen lines of evidence. 

KNOX. JOSEPH. Physico-chemical Calculations. 5 x 714 , 190 pp. $1.50 

This book is intended for students of physical chemistry, as a supplement to the 
theoretical matter of lectures and textbooks. Here the theory is applied to the 
solution of practical problems. The book contains eleven chapters, dealing with 
the main subdivisions of physical chemistry. Each chapter consists of a short 
introduction dealing with the theory required for the solution of the problems, a 
series of typical problems with complete solutions, and a list of problems for solu¬ 
tion with answers. Practically all the problems have been taken from the original 
literature of the subject, and by a careful study of the solved problems the student 
should learn much. The large collection of problems for solution should prove 
useful to teachers. 


PRIDEAUX, E. B. R. Problems in Physical Chemistry with Practical 

Applications. 13 diagrams, 5J4 x 8J4, 323 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Mathematical Methods and Formulaes. Table of Logarithm. 
Units and Standards of Measurement. Thermochemistry. Systems of One Com¬ 
ponent. Mixtures. Gas Reactions. Reactions in Solution. Electromotive Force. 
Kinetics of Molecular and Radioactive Changes. 

Provides a series of arithmetical examples that illustrate the more important 
developments of physical chemistry. A previous knowledge of the fundamental 
chemical laws, as well as the meaning of elementary physical magnitudes and 
operations, is assumed and the problems are such as possess a particular impor¬ 
tance for the physicochemical investigator and technical chemist. The prob¬ 
lems are arranged in sections each preceded by a brief introduction giving 
such summarized information as is necessary for an intelligent working of the 
problems. The whole work is progressive in character, sufficient knowledge for 
the solution of each problem being contained in the preceding sections and the 
choice of problems is such as can be solved by the aid of general principles and 
elementary mathematics. 


ROTH, W. A. Exercises in Physical Chemistry. Authorized translation by 

A. T. Cameron. 49 ill,, 6x8^, 208 pp. $2.00 

J h , e . Deter mination of Density. Determination of Molecular 
VY eights m Solutions. Thermochemistry. The Determination of Optical 
Constants. The Thermostat. Chemical Statics and Dynamics. Electrochem 
istry Foundations. Electrical Conductivity. Faraday’s Law. Transport 
Numbers. Measurement of Differences of Potential. Electrostatics P 


SENTER G. Outlines of Physical Chemistry. Second Edition, Revised 
42 ills., 5 x 7J4, 401 pp. $2.5( 

(Author is lecturer on chemistry at University of London.) 

CONTENTS: Fundamental Principles of Chemistry; The Atomic Theorv* Gases 
Liquids; Solutions; Dilute Solutions; Thermo-chemistry; Equilibrium m Homo- 


Biochemistry 


ii 


geneous Systems—Law of Mass Action; Heterogeneous Equilibrium; The Phase 
Rule. Velocity of Reaction—Catalysis; Electrical Conductivity; Equilibrium in 
Electrolytes; Strength of Acids and Bases; Hydrolysis; Theories of Solution; 
Electromotive Force. 


BIOCHEMISTRY 

ALEXANDER, JEROME. Colloid Chemistry. An introduction, with some 
practical applications. Ill., 5x7, 96 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Classification of Colloids; Consequence of Subdivi¬ 
sion ; The Ultramicroscope; General Properties of Colloids; Practical Applica¬ 
tions of Colloid Chemistry. 

A condensed discussion, in very readable style, of the many facts and prin¬ 
ciples concerning colloids. In a very terse chapter there is a general survey 
of the practical applications of colloid chemistry which are so manifold and 
widespread that they touch every branch of science and technology. 

BECHHOLD, H. Colloids in Biology and Medicine. Authorized translation 
from the Second German Edition, with notes and emendations by 
Jesse G . M . Bullowa. 54 illustrations. 6 J 4 x 9/i, 4 7 8 PP - 00 

CONTENTS: Introduction to the Study of Colloids Introduction; What Are 
Colloids? Surfaces; Size of Particles, Molecular Weight, Osmotic Pressure, Con¬ 
ductivity ; Phenomena of Motion; Consistency of Colloids; Optical and Electrical 
properties of Colloids; Methods of Colloid Research. Tre Biocolloids. Introduc¬ 
tion; Carbohydrates; Lipoids; Proteins; Food and Condiments; Enzymes; Im¬ 
munity Reactions. The Organism as a Colloid System. Significance of the Col¬ 
loidal Condition for the Organism; Metabolism and the Distribution of Material; 
Growth, Metamorphosis and Development; The Cell; The Movements of Organ¬ 
ism ; Blood, Respiration, Circulation and Its Disturbances; Absorption ; Secretion 
and Excretion ; The Nerves; Toxicology and Pharmacology ; Microscopical Technic. 
An interesting general survey of the methods and the application of the re¬ 
sults of colloid research to biology and medicine, 'indicating what has been 
accomplished and forecasting the probable trend of future research. 

SPIEGEL, LEOPOLD. Chemical Constitution and Physiological Action. 
Translated with additions from the German by C. Lueaeking and A. C. 
Boylston. S/i X 724 > 162 PP- 

CONTENTS: General Considerations; Inorganic Compounds; Organic Com¬ 
pounds ; Aliphatic Series; Alachydes and Ketones; Acids and Derivatives; Aro¬ 
matic Series; Inner Disinfection; Hydroaromatic Compounds; Nitrogen Com¬ 
pounds ; Ammonia and Simple Derivatives; Ammonium Bases; Cyclic Bases and 
Alkaloids; Group Atropine-Cocaine; Opium Alkaloids and Relatives; Veronal 
Group; Quinine and Relatives; Purin Group; Hydrazin and Hydroxylamin; 
Hyponitrous Acid Derivatives; Resume. 

A serious and successful attempt to collate what is known of the relations 
between chemical constitution and physiological action, in order to provide a 
basis for rational scientific medical treatment. The scope and manner of 
presentation of the subject-matter makes the book of especial service. 

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS 

BLASDALE, WALTER C. Principles of Quantitative Analysis. An intro¬ 
ductory course. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 70 ill., 5/4 x 
jy 2} 414 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Textbooks.) $ 2.50 

(Author is associate professor of chemistry in the University of California.) 
CONTENTS: Introductory Statements and Definitions; General Features of Grav¬ 
imetric Processes; Gravimetric Gas Evolution Processes; Gravimetric Precipita- 




12 


CHEMICAL ANALYSIS 


tion Processes ; Gravimetric Solution and Extraction Processes j Partition Proc¬ 
esses; General Features of Volumetric Processes; Volumetric Processes Involving 
Precipitation; Volumetric Processes Involving Neutralization; Volumetric Proc¬ 
esses Involving Oxidation; Physico-Chemical Processes. 

This book is broad and general in character. Although it outlines an intro¬ 
ductory course in the subject it aims to give the student a brief survey of the 
whole field by emphasizing a scheme of classification of quantitative processes 
and elaborating the theoretical and practical features of each type of method, 
generally, before taking up specific illustrations. The author believes that this 
method of treatment not only gives the student the best possible foundation 
for future work in the subject, but also, since it gives him practical experience 
in dealing with the different types of chemical equilibria, adds to his ability to 
solve other classes of chemical problems. The illustrations, which are few in 
number, are elaborated in great detail and with few exceptions represent 
practical problems chosen from a variety of fields in which the methods of 
quantitative analysis find use. In each case the facts and theory upon which 
the process is based are first given, the details of the method of procedure are 
then outlined and finally a series of questions and problems illustrating the 
principles used are presented for solution. 

BYERS, HORACE G., and KNIGHT, HENRY G. Notes on Qualitative 

Analysis. 6x9, 192 pp. New Edition in Press 

(Authors are professor of chemistry at the University of Washington, and director 
of experiment station of the University of Wyoming respectively). 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Qualitative Analysis. Basis of Identification. Con¬ 
ditions Producing Reactions. Properties Used in Identification. Part I.—Chemical 
Principles Involved in Qualitative Analysis. Definition of Solution. Kinds of 
Solution. Phenomena of Solution. Hydrates in Solution. Hydration of Ions. 
Osmotic Pressure. Van’t Hoff’s Hypothesis. Freezing Point and Boiling Point 
of Solutions. Acids, Bases and Salts in Solution. Electrolysis. Hypothesis of 
Arrhenius. Physical, Chemical, Ionic Equilibrium Solubility Product. Illustra¬ 
tions. Part II.—Metal Analysis. General Directions. Groups; Hydrochloric 
Acid; Hydrogen Sulphide; Ammonium Sulphide; Ammonium Carbonate; Soluble. 
Part III.—Acid Analysis. Introduction. The Five Groups. Part IV.—Sys¬ 
tematic Analysis. Preliminary Examination. Preparation of the Sample. Tables 
of Analysis. Part V.—The Rare Metals. Preliminary Statement. The Five 
Groups. Appendix. 

Considerable space is devoted to a very clear exposition of modern physical princi¬ 
ples as applied to qualitative analysis. The various group separations and 
reactions of the metals are fully explained. More attention than is usual in so 
small a text is given to the analysis of the acids and the rare metals. The grouping 
of the acids and the general scheme of acid analysis are in some respects new, 
while ample suggestions for laboratory work are given. Exercises are also given 
for class work. 

ELIOT, C. W., and STORER, E. H. Compendious Manual of Qualitative 
Chemical Analysis. As revised by W. R. Nichols. Newly revised 
by W. B. Lindsay and F. H. Storer. Twenty-second Edition. 5 x 7F2. 
209 PP- $1.25 

CONTENTS: Definition and Scope of 'Qualitative Analysis; Examples of the 
Separation; Chlorides Insoluble in Water and Acids; Sulphides Insoluble in 
Water, Dilute Acids and Alkalies; General and Special Tests for Non-Metallic 
Elements; Treatment of Substances of Unknown Composition; Reagents; Solu¬ 
tions of Known Composition; Utensils. 

OLSEN, J. C. Textbook of Quantitative Chemical Analysis by gravimetric, 
electrolytic, volumetric and gasometric methods. With 74 laboratory 
exercises giving the analysis of pure salts, alloys, minerals and technical 
products. Fifth Edition , Revised and Enlarged. Ill., 6^x914, 576 

PP* $4.00 


f 


CHEMICAL ANALYSIS 


13 


(Author is in charge of the Department of Chemistry in Cooper Union.) 
CONTENTS: The Balance; General Operations; Determination of Water. De¬ 
termination of Metals . As Oxide; As Sulphate and Sulphide; As Phosphate 
Chromate and Chloride. Determination of Acids. Halogens, Sulphur and Nitro¬ 
gen; Carbonic, Boric and Phosphoric Acids. Analysis of Alloys. Alloys of 
Silver, Copper, Lead, Bismuth, Cadmium and Tin; Of Alloys Containing Arsenic, 
Antimony and Tin; Of Alloys Containing Iron, Nickel and Zinc. Analysis of 
Minerals. Minerals Containing Iron, Aluminum and Chromium; Sulphides Con¬ 
taining Manganese, Nickel, Cobalt and Mercury; Carbonates Containing Calcium, 
Barium, Strontium and Manganese; Silicates; Separation of Sodium and Potas¬ 
sium. Electrolytic Methods. The Ionic Theory; Apparatus and Manipulation; 
Determination of Metals. Volumetric Methods. Calibration of Apparatus; 
Acidimetry; Standard Acids and Alkalies; Titration of Boric and Carbonic 
Acids. Oxidation and Reduction Methods. Potassium Permanganate and Di- 
chromate Solutions; Iodometric Methods. Precipitation Methods. Determination 
of Chlorides, Cyanides and Silver; Phosphoric Acid. Technical Analysis. Iron, 
Steel, Coal; Water; Oils and Fats; Gas; Stoichiometry. 

In the preparation of this edition, all atomic and molecular weights as well 
as factors of weighable precipitates have been recalculated by the 1916 
atomic weights. The quantitative methods described have been revised where 
recent investigations have indicated improvement in the procedure, and where 
trial in the laboratory has demonstrated the advantage over older methods. 


PRESCOTT, A. B., and JOHNSON, 0. C. Qualitative Chemical Analysis. 

A guide in qualitative work, with data for analytical operations, and 
laboratory methods in inorganic chemistry. Seventh Edition, Thor¬ 
oughly Revised by John C. Olsen, A . M ., Ph.D. 6 j 4 x 9 V 2 > c l°th> 

44 S pp. $4.00 


CONTENTS: Principles of Analytical Chemistry. The Chemical Elements and 
Their Atomic Weights; Periodic System; Classification of the Metals as Bases; 
Commonly Occurring Acids; Operations of Analysis; Solution and Ionization; 
Order of Laboratory Study. The Metals. The Silver, Tin, Copper, Iron, Zinc, 
Calcium and Alkali Groups. The Non-Metals. Systematic Examination. 

This new edition retains all of the excellent features which have given this 
book such extended use in the past, both as a class room and as a reference 
text, while adding the results of recent progress in the science. All data and 
tables have been brought up to date. 


PRESCOTT, A. B., and SULLIVAN, E. C. First Book in Qualitative Chem¬ 
istry. For studies of water solution and mass action. Eleventh Edi¬ 
tion, Entirely Rewritten. 6x9, cloth, 148 pp. $1.50 

CONTENTS: Qualitative Chemistry; Equivalent Weights; Valence; Chemical 
Notation and Nomenclature; The Equation; Salts; Acids; Bases; Formulas; 
Reagents; Solutions; Manipulation; The Analytical Groups; Electrolytic Dis¬ 
sociation; Chemical Equilibrium; Methods of Making a Reaction Complete; 
Solubility; The Solubility Product; Equilibrum Between Substances with a Com¬ 
mon Ion; Hydrolysis; The Periodic System of Elements; Tests for the Metals 
and the Non-Metals. 

SCOTT, WILFRED W. Qualitative Chemical Analysis. A laboratory guide. 
Third Edition, Completely Revised and Enlarged. Ill., 5x7^, 361 

pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; The Metals; Hydrogen Sulphide Group; Ammonium 
Sulphide Group; Ammonium Carbonate Group; Soluble Basic Group; The Acids; 
Silver Nitrate Group; Barium Chloride Group; Soluble Acid Group; Organic 
Acids; Systematic Analysis of a Substance; Preliminary Examination of a Liquid; 
Analysis of the Acids; Tables of Reactions of the Metals and the Acids; The Less 
Common Elements; Rarer Elements of the Ammonium Sulphide Group; The 
Rare Metals of the Alkali Group. 

The purpose of this manual, the first editions of which have met with con- 


14 


CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS 


siderable success, is to furnish a practical modern guide in qualitative analysis. 
Only methods of procedure that have proved themselves of practical value 
are included. The text is divided into two general divisions; in the first 
there is a very clear discussion of the ionic hypothesis, the principles of 
mass action, solution, and those principles of physical chemistry that now 
find application in qualitative analysis. The sejcomd section covers the 
various tests, together with the tables of reactions. An unusual amount of 
information is given in this book in condensed form. 

WHITE, GEORGE F. A Laboratory and Class-room Guide to Qualitative 

Chemical Analysis. 5x7, 178 pp. $1.40 

(Author is assistant professor of chemistry in Clark College.) 

CONTENTS: Study of Reactions and Analytical Procedures. Introduction; 
Theories of Solutions; General Instructions; Reactions of the Base-forming 
Constituents and Basic Analysis; Reactions of the Acid-forming Constituents. 
Systematic Analysis of Unknown Substances. Preliminary Tests; Analysis of a 
Solution; Analysis of a Solid Substance for the Base-forming Constituents; 
Analysis of a Solid Substance for the Acid-forming Constituents. Appendix. 
Analytical Tables; Directions for the Preparation of Reagents and Test Solu¬ 
tions; Solubilities of Difficulty Soluble Compounds in Water; Relative Solubilities 
in Water and Acids; Percentage Ionization of Acids, Bases, and Salts; Table of 
the Elements Arranged According to the Periodic System; Table of Atomic 
Weights. 

A working manual which presents the essentials of both theory and practice, 
but which also suggests the possibilities for more extended study and experi¬ 
mentation. In this book a study of reactions has been combined with meth¬ 
ods of analysis, the latter being considered as practical applications of pre¬ 
viously observed phenomena. Emphasis has been laid in the first part of the 
course on the reversibility of reactions, equilibrium phenomena, and the laws 
governing the behavior of electrolytes, while many applications of these 
principles have been left to the student in his later work. 


CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS 


ASHLEY, R. HARMON. Chemical Calculations. Second Edition t Revised. 
Ill., 5x7}*, 286 pp. ' $2.50 

(Author is assistant professor in chemistry in the University of Maine.) 
CONTENTS: Ratios; Approximate Numbers; Interpolation; Heat; Specific Grav¬ 
ity; Gas Calculations; Calculation of Atomic Weights and Formulas; Gravi¬ 
metric Analysis; Volumetric Analysis; Use of Specific Gravity Tables and Acid 
Calculations. 

Aims to meet the needs of the chemist and the student who will later find 
occupation in chemical laboratory work. The book encourages and explains 
the proper use of tables in reference books in solving chemical problems. 

1 fie work is distinctive in that it contains over five hundred problems of 
varying degrees of difficulty allowing a wide range of selection to meet the 
varying requirements of different classes when used as a text-book. The 
solution of typical problems is indicated in the text and the answers to all 
problems given. 


FOYE, JAMES C. Chemical Problems. With brief statements of the prin¬ 
ciples involved. Fifth Edition Revised and Enlarged. 3 ft x 6, boards, 
1 4 1 PP- (Van Nostrand Science Series, No. 69.) $0.75 

CONTENTS: Weights and Measures; Thermometric Scales; Volume of Gases 
Under Varying Pressure Temperature, and Pressure and Temperature: Specific 
Gravity; Molecular Weight of Gases; To Find Atonic Weights; Calculation of 
Molecular Weights from the Symbol; Symbol, Weight and Volume; Symbol and 
Composition ; To Find the Symbol of a Compound, Equation, Weight and Vol¬ 
ume; Diffusion of Gases; Specific Heat; Latent Heat; Calorific Power and In¬ 
tensity; Tables. 



CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS 


15 


HALE, WILLIAM J. The Calculations of General Chemistry with Defini¬ 
tions, Explanations, and Problems. Second Edition, Revised. 275 
problems, 5x7^, 185 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Units of Measurement. Density and Specific Gravity. The 
Effect of Pressure upon Gases. The Effect of Temperature upon Gases. .'1 he 
Combined Effect of Pressure and Temperature on Gases. Partial Pressures. 
Avogadro’s Hypothesis and Some of Its Applications. The Law of Definite 
Proportions. 'The Derivation of Chemical Formula?. Calculations Depending 
upon Chemical Equations. Normal Solutions. Combinations between Gases 
by Volume. Complex Equations. Tables. 

Incorporates only those methods of calculation which have been found most 
useful in presenting the elementary principles of chemistry. Examples are 
given to illustrate every possible condition that may arise from the study of 
any one principle and serve as a guide to the student in the classification of 
unknown problems. All references to the more advanced and theoretical 
considerations have been omitted. The book is well adapted for use in 
quiz classes, and particularly for those accompanying the laboratory work. 
Through its use the marked deficiency of first-year students in the subject 
of arithmetical calculations should be largely remedied. The introduction 
of a book for the student of general chemistry which treats only of these 
elementary methods is a departure from -well established custom. It is 
believed, however, that the extreme simplicity of the presentation will 
dispel any fears which an instructor is likely to entertain toward mathematical 
data, and, in the end, will strengthen the student in his conception of the 
fundamental principles of the science. 

PARTINGTON, J. R. Higher Mathematics for Chemical Students. 44 dia¬ 
grams, 5 X 72 i, 272 pp. $ 2.50 

(Author is a Fellow in Manchester University.) 

CONTENTS: Functions and Limits. Rate of Change of a Function. Differen¬ 
tiation of Algebraic Functions. Maximum and Minimum Values of a Function. 
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions. Partial Differentiation. Interpolation 
and Exterpolation. Indefinite Integral. Definite Integrals. Applications of the 
Definite Integpl. Differential Equations. Appendices. 

PARTINGTON, JAMES R. A Text-book of Thermodynamics (with special 
reference to Chemistry.) 91 diagrams, 6x9, 550 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Thermometry and Calorimetry; The First Law of Thermodynamics 
and Some Applications; The Second Law of Thermodynamics, Entropy; The 
Thermodynamic Functions and Equilibrium; Fluids; Ideal and Permanent Gases; 
Changes of Physical State; Van der Waals’ Equation and the Theory of Con¬ 
tinuity of States; Thermochemistry; Gas Mixtures; Elementary Theory of 
Solutions; General Theory of Mixtures and Solutions; Capillarity and Adsorp¬ 
tion; Electrochemistry; The Theorem of Nernst; Kinetic Theories in Thermo¬ 
dynamics. 

Expounds) the principles of thermodynamics and illustrates their applicability 
to the various problems of physical chemistry. Chemical problems receive the 
main consideration and other branches are either briefly treated or omitted. 

The author aims to show that a comprehension of the fundamentals of thermo¬ 
dynamics may be applied advantageously to the solution and interpretation of 
modern experimental work. 

STEVENS, A. B. Arithmetic of Pharmacy. Fourth Edition, Revised and 
Enlarged Ill., 5x7, no pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Weights and Measures; Volumetric Analysis; Specific Gravity of 
Gases; Volumetric Combination and Decomposition of Gases; Mensuration of 
volumes; Tables. 


i6 


INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY 


CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY 


INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY 


AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS. Transactions. 

Vol. I., 1908. 41 ill., 5 folding plates, 6 l / 2 * 9 ) 4 , 212 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Steam Power Plant Economics, by William Miller Booth; Testing 
and Performance of Steam Generating Apparatus, by A. Bement; The Exam¬ 
ination of Flue Gases in Boiler Tests, by H. August Hunicke; Heating of In¬ 
dustrial Furnaces with Pulverized Fuel, by Richard K. Meade; Modern Elec¬ 
trical Resistance Pyrometry, by Edwin T. Northrup; Chemical Specifications for 
Sulphite Pulp, by J. A. DeCew; Purity of Commercial Liquefied Ammonia Gas 
and Apparati for Testing It, by F. W. Frerichs; The Sanitary Condition of the 
Southern End of Lake Michigan, by J. Herbert Brewster; The Ferric Iron Con¬ 
tact Process of Making Sulphuric Acid from Smelter Fumes, by Thorn Smith ; 
Calculations for Dryer Design, by William M. Grosvenor; Charts accompanying 
this paper (in pocket in back cover) : Table la, Density, Humid Volume, etq., 
of Air Under Various Conditions; Table Ic, Rate of Cooling of Water-Saturated 
Air; Table lib, Rate of Convection in Pipes; Humidity Chart; Loss of Heat 
from Pipes, 
i 

Vol. II. 1909. 50 ill., 1 folding plate, 6 T / 2 xgy, 312 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: The Centering of Great Industries in the New York Metropolitan 
District, Chas. F. McKenna. Chemical Industries of America, Prof. Chas. 
E. Munroe. Conservation and the Chemical Engineer, Samuel P. Sadtler. 
Efficiency Limits in the Power-gas Producer, Prof. Wm. D. Ennis. The Utili¬ 
zation of Low Grade Fuels in the United States, O. K. Zwingberger. Heat 
Efficiency of Smokeless Combustion and Heat-absorbing Capacity of Boilers, 
A. Bement. Chemical Composition of Illinois Coal and the Relation of Heating- 
Value to Composition, A. Bement. Creosote Oil from Water-gas Tar, Samuel 
P. Sadtler. Some Experiments on the Case-hardening of Steel by Gases, John 
C. Olsen, John F. Wiefenbach, and John R. Brierly. An Automatic Acid Egg, 
R. K. Meade. A Method of Clay Control for the Manufacture of Cement, John 
G. Dean. Colloids and the Ultramicroscope, Jerome Alexander. The Utilization 
of Waste India-rubber, Stephen P. Sharpies. On the Permanence and Acidity 
of Hydrogen Peroxide Solution, Launcelot W. Andrews. Commercial Extrac¬ 
tion of Grease and Oils, William M. Booth. Glycerine Refining in Multiple- 
effect Stills, F. J. Wood. The Advantages of Multiple-effect Distillation of 
Glycerine and other Products, A. C. Langmuir. Electric Furnace for Smelting 
of Iron Ore, Edward R. Taylor. Waterways and Water Power, Edward R. 
Taylor. 

Vol. III., 1910. 59 ill., 2 folding plates, X9J^, cloth, 411 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Evolution of Portland Cement Processes, Chas. F. McKenna. Study of 
Materials in Chemical Engineering, Chas. F. McKenna. Reports of the Committee on 
Chemical Engineering Education, F. W. Frerichs. Remarks on Chemical Engineering 
Education, F. W. Frerichs. Development of the Chemist as an Engineer, F. W. Atkin¬ 
son. The Training of Chemical Engineers which Meets the Requirements of Manu¬ 
facturers, M. C. Whitaker. Teaching Industrial Chemistry, A. H. Sabin. Commerical 
Manipulation of Refractory Elements for Incandescent Lamp Purposes, Ralph E. 
Myers. The Manufacture and Industrial Applications of Ozone, Oscar Linder. The 
Changes m Industrial Chemistry Caused by Electricity, E. R. Taylor. Notes on 
the Corrosion of Iron and Steel and its Prevention, G. W. Thompson. Protal; a 
New Product for Use in the Arts, F. G. Wiechmann. Chemical Industries of Canada, 
J. C. De Cew. Underground Waters for Manufacturing Purposes, Wm. M Booth 
Loss in Coal Due to Storage, A. Bement. Nitric and Mixed Acids, Schuyler Frazier. 
Plant Design, Wm. M. Grosvenor. The Fitzgibbon Boiler, J. Alexander. Manu¬ 
facture of Hydrated Lime, R. K. Meade. Bleaching Oils with Fuller’s Earth, David 



INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY 


i7 

Wesson. Symposium on Sewage Disposal. Principles of Sewage Disposal, G. C. 
Whipple. Sewage Disposal in Europe, Rudolph Hering. Sewage Disposal in New 
York City and Vicinity, G. A. Soper. Sanitary Conditions in Their Relations to 
Water Supplies in the Vicinity of New York, N. S. Hill, Jr. Unsolved Problems of 
Sewage Disposal, C.-E. A. Winslow. 

Vol. IV., 1911. 78 ill., 6 y 2 xgy 2 , 518 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Some Problems in Chemical Engineering Practice; Extraction of 
Bismuth from Carbonaceous Ores. The Classen Lignum Company. The Plant 
of the Kentucky Soda Ash Company. The Manufacture of Chloroform from Bleach¬ 
ing Powder and Ethyl Alcohol. Construction of Laboratory Apparatus. Manu¬ 
facture and Testing of Shipping Cylinders for Anhydrous Ammonia, F. W. Frerichs, 
The Manufacture and Testing of Carbonic Acid Cylinders, John C. Minor, Jr. 
Report of the Committee on Chemical Engineering Education, Sam’l. P. Sadtler. 
The Four-Year Course in Chemical Engineering, Jos. H. James. The Question of 
Five-Year Engineering Courses at Ohio State University, Jas. R. Withrow. A 
Course in Chemical Engineering Education, J. C. Olsen. Industrial Chemical 
Calculations, Jos. W. Richards. The Practical Value of Determination of British 
Thermal Units of Anthracite Coal, S. F. Peckham. Two Methods of Testing Asphalt. 
S. F. Peckham. Explosives Used in Engineering and Mining Operations, Clarence 
Hall. Problems in the Manufacture of C. P. Acids, J. T. Baker. Combustion of 
Pulverized Coal, L. S. Hughes. Distribution of Power in Portland Cement Manu¬ 
facture, Richard K. Meade. Hardening of Plasters and Cements and a Simple 
Chronographic Apparatus for Recording Set, Chas. F. McKenna. The Manufacture 
of Gelatine, Ludwig A. Thiele. The Adoption of the Centrifugal Pump to Chemical 
Problems, F. G. Wheeler. Symposium on the United States Patent System. The 
Institute and the United States Patent System, Wm. M. Grosvenor. The United 
States Patent Office, E. B. Moore. Protection of Inventions by Patents. Existing 
Defects and Remedies, Walter D. Edmonds. The United States Patent System, 
Robt. N. Kenyon. Report of Committee on Patents. 

Vol. V., 1912. 61 ill., 2 folding plates, 6 yxgy, 288 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Phenol-Formaldehyde Condensation Products, L. H. Baekeland; 

Protection of Intellectual Property in Relation to Chemical Industry, L. LI. 

Baekeland ; Notes on a Study of the Temperature Gradients of Setting Portland 

Cement, A. S. Cushman; Production of Available Potash from the Natural Sili¬ 

cates, A. W. Cushman and G. W. Coggeshall; Potash, Silica and Alumina from 
Feldspar, Edward Hart; Chemical Investigation of Asiatic Rice, A. S. Cushman 
and H. C. Fuller; United States Beehive Coke Oven Industry, A. W. Belden; 
Action of Disinfectants on Sugar. Solutions, G. P. Meade; Linseed Oil Decom¬ 
position During Drying, J. C. Olsen and A. E. Ratner; Tests on the Opacity and 
Hiding Power of Pigments, G. W. Thompson; Initial Setting Time of Portland 
Cement Control, E. E. Ware; Effect on the Eyesight of “Lime Sulphur” Spray 
Manufacture, Janies R. Withrow; Acetylene Solvents, J. H. James; Columbia 
University’s New Chemical Engineering Course and Laboratories, M. C. Whit¬ 
aker; Need of Standard Specifications in Oils for Paving Block Impregnation, 
J. H. Campbell; Presence of Oxygen in Petroleums and Asphalts, S. P. Sadtler; 
Chemical Engineer and Industrial Efficiency, Wm. M. Booth; Water for Indus¬ 
trial Purposes, Wm. M. Booth; Availability of Blast Furnace Slag as a Material 
for Building Brick, Albert E. White; Technical Accounting and Chemical Con¬ 
trol in Sugar Manufacture, David L. Davoll, Jr.; Bituminous Rocks of the 
U. S. and Their Use for Street Surfaces, S. F. Peckham; Code of Ethics. 

Voi. vi., 1913. 111., 6 y X9 y, 272 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Efficiency in Chemical Industries, The Corn Products Industry, T. 
B. Wagner; Effect of Legislation upon Chemical Industries, T. B. Wagner; Dis¬ 
tribution of Heat in the Operation of Steam Boilers, Perry Barker; General 
Efficiency in Dye Houses and Bleach Works, L. J. Matos; Depreciation and Obso¬ 
lescence, R. K. Meade; Legal Control of Dangers to Health in Factories, C. F. 
McKenna; Low and Mixed Pressure Turbines, J. G. Callan; Import Duties on 
Chemicals and Their Influence on Chemical Industries, F. W. Frerichs; Drying of 
Linseed Oil with Red Lead and Vv rite Lead, J. C. Olsen and A. H. Callaghan; 


INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY 


A Peculiar Form of Lake Pollution, Wm. P. Mason ; Relation of the Manufac¬ 
turer to the Patent System, Wm. M. Grosvenor; Effect of Climate on Plant Loca¬ 
tion, Wm. M. Booth; Recent Developments in Commercial Explosives, A. A. 
LeSueur; Electrolysis, Using Supported Mercury Kathode, E. A. LeSueur; A 
Self-Dumping Filter Press, E. J. Sweetland; A New Filter Press, A. Burger; 
Ozone; Its Manufacture and Use, A. Vosmaer; Apparatus for Determining Non- 
Condensing Gases in Ammonia, F. W. Frerichs; The Present Status of the Wood 
Turpentine Industry, E. H. French and Jas. R. Withrow; Code of Ethics. 

Vol. VII., 1914. Ill., 6J4 x g'/ A , 313 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Some Professional Obligations,. M. C. Whitaker; Distribution of 
Industrial Opportunities, Geo. O. Smith; Report of the Committee on Chemical 
Engineering Education; Present Status of Chemical Engineering Work of the 
American Institute of Chemical Engineers; The Need of Revised Chemical Sta¬ 
tistics, Bernard C. Hesse; Application of Physical Chemistry to Industrial Proc¬ 
esses, Walter F. Rittman; Use of Hydrometallurgical Apparatus in Chemical 
Engineering, John V. N. Dorr; Studies on Filtration. J. W. Bain and A. E. 
Wigle; Scrubber for Chemical Laboratory Vacuum System, Charles Baskerville; 
Shoddy and Carbonized Waste, Louis J. Matos; Chemistry of the Bleaching of 
Cotton Cloth, John C. Hebden; Ozone in Ventilation, J. C. Olsen and Wm. H. 
Ulrich; The Present Paten Situation, Maximilian Toch; Development of the 
Rotary Kiln and Its Application to Various Chemical and Metallurgical Processes, 
Richard K. Meade; A Combination Water Softener and Storage Tank, L. M. 
Booth; Feldspar as a Possible Source of American Potash, Allerton S. Cushman 
and George W. Coggeshall; The Hardwood Distillation Industry in America, 
Edward H. French and James R. Withrow; Painting Defects: Their Causes and 
Prevention, G. W. Thompson. 

Vol. VIII., 1915. 44 ill., 6^2x934, 312 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Resources and Possibilities of Chemical Industry in the Southwest, 
Edgar Baruch; The Chemical Evidence of Smelter Smoke Injury to Vegetation, 
J. P. Mitchell; Cottrell Processes of Electrical Precipitation, Walter A. Schmidt ; 
The Fleming Patent Dust-Collecting System, W. C. Hanna; The Thiogen Process 
for Removing Sulphur Fumes, S. W. Young; The Manufacture of Cream of 
Tartar, Otto Best; Engineering Features of Wine Making, Arthur Lachman; 
The Treatment of Sewage by Aeration in the Presence of Activated Sludge, 
Edward Bartow; A New Electrolytic Method of Sewage Disposal, J. C. Olsen; 
Costs as Applied to Professional Business, Ralph A. Gould; The Improvement 
of High Boiling Petroleum Oils, and the Manufacture of Gasoline as a By- 
Product Therefrom, by the Action of Aluminum Chloride, A. M. McAfee; Some 
American Contributions to Industrial Chemistry, Samuel P. Sadtler; The Develop¬ 
ment in the United States of the Manufacture of Products Derived from Coal. 
H. W. Jordan; Notes on a New Process of Bleaching, S. F. Peckham ; Lutes and 
Cements, S. S. Sadtler; The Design and Operation of Ozone Water Purification 
Systems; Sheppard T. Powell; Changes in the Volume and Specific Gravity of 
Linseed Oil Films on Drying, G. W. Thompson; The Utilization of Wood Waste, 
Arthur D. Little; The Production of Ammonia from Cyanamid, W. S. Landis. 

Vol. IX., 1916. 81 ill., folding plate, 634 x 9 / 4 > 432 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Unpreparedness, George D. Rosengarten; The Human Side of the 
Development of Chemical Industry, O. W. Thompson; Report of Committee on 
Chemical Engineering Education at San Francisco Meeting, Jas. R. Withrow; 
Report of Committee on Chemical Engineering Education at Baltimore Meeting, 
Jas. R. Withrow; Report of Committee on Chemical Engineering Education at 
Cleveland Meeting, Jas. R. Withrow; Report of Committee on Chemical Engineer¬ 
ing Education at New York Meeting, Jas. R. Withrow; The Metallurgy of the 
Rarer Metals, J. W. Richards; Acid Resisting Alloys, W. C. Carnell; A Study of 
the Effect of Storage on Mixed Paints, E. E. Ware and R. E Christman; Water 
Powers of the Western United States, Herman Stabler; The Treatment of Sewage 
by Aeration in the Presence of Activated Sludge II, Edw. Bartow; The Recovery 
of Benzol from Gas, F. W. Sperr, Jr.; Development in Chemical Engineering 
Equipment, H. D. Miles; The Effect of Centrifugal Force on Colloidal Solutions. 


INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY 19 

Eugene E. Ayres, Jr.; Corrosion of Ingot Iron Containing Cobalt, Nickel or 
Copper, H. T. Kalmus and K. B. Blake; Nitric Acid Sophistication, Jas. R. 
Withrow; A.New Method for the Control for the Chamber Process for Making 
Sulphuric Acid, Andrew M. Fairlie; The Fixation of Nitrogen, John E. Bucher. 

Vol. X., 1917. Ill., 6 J 4 X9 y 4 , 484 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Our Resources, G. W. Thompson; Report of Committee on Chem¬ 
ical Engineering Education at Buffalo Meeting, Jas. R. Withrow; Report of Com¬ 
mittee on Chemical Engineering Education at St. Louis Meeting, Jas. R. With¬ 
row; Intensive Preparatory Chemistry, Chas. S. Palmer; The Possibilities'of De¬ 
veloping an American Potash Industry, Richard K. Meade; A New Method for 
the Recovery of Salts of Potassium and Aluminum from Mineral Silicates, J. C. 
W. Frazer, W. W. Holland, E. Miller; The Recovery of Potash from Beet-sugar 
. House Waste Liquors, H. E. Zitkowski; The Potash Industry of Canada, E. B. 
Biggar; Some Machinery Employed in the Manufacture of Glue, A. Lowenstein; 
The Manufacture of Linseed Oil, Glenn H. Pickard; Industrial Wastes Disposal, 
H. P. Eddy; The Treatment of Sewage by Aeration in the Presence of Activated 
Sludge, Edward Barlow; Chemical Engineering Aspect of Renovating a Sulphite 
Mill, Hugh K. Moore; Waste Heat Utilization, H. D. Baylor; Relation Between 
Efficiency of Refrigerating Plants and the Purity of Their Ammonia Charge, 
F. W. Frerichs; Distilled Water, Wm M. Booth; Engineering in Chemical Works, 
Gaston DuBois; Organization in Chemical Industries, Frank Hemingway; Some 
General Aspects of Evaporation and Drying, P. B. Sadtler, F. M. deBeers; Drying 
Chestnut Extract by the Cardem Process, Harry McCormack. 

Vol. XI., 1918. Ill., 6 %xg%, 432 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: The Human Elements in the Mill, Hugh K. Moore; Maintenance 
and Construction Organization of Sulphite Mill, W. E. Taft; Manufacture of 
Alcohol from Sulphite Waste Liquor, Ralph H. McKee; The Manufacture of 
Fuel Situation, Wm. M. Booth; The Leading Methods of Graining Sugar, H. E. 
Zitkowski; War Pyrotechnics, G. A. Richter; Some Phases of Chemical Manu¬ 
facture in Japan, A. Hirsch; Chemical Stoneware, A. Malinovzsky; The Expan¬ 
sion of the Coal Tar Chemical Industry in the United States, F. E. Dodge; Op¬ 
portunity for Expansion of By-Products Industry of Coal and Water Gas Plants, 
Walter M. Russell; Synthetic Phenol A. G. Peterkin; The Multiple Tangent 
System for the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid, L. A. Thiele; Fused Silica, Its 
Properties and a Few of Its Uses, Stephen L. Tyler; Storage Tanks Made of 
Reinforced Concrete. F. F. Frerichs; Concrete as a Chemical Enginering Mate¬ 
rial, Maximiliari Toch; Report of the Committee on Chemical Engineering Edu¬ 
cation ; Some Wild Engineering I Have Known, David Wesson; Belting for Power 
Transmission, Ernest D. Wilson ; Symposium on Maintenance and Preservation 
of Our Chemical Industry, Maximilian Toch; Recommendation of the Tariff 
Commission in Regard to Dyes and Coal Tar Chemistry, Grinell Jones, U. S. 
Tariff; The Maintenance and Preservation of Our Chemical Industry, Robert 
Hilton; Development in the Production of Dyes and Intermediates, Edward Hol¬ 
ton ; The Importance of the Research Chemist and Team Work in Developing 
Our Chemical Industry, Colby Dill; The Enameled Steel Industry, Wm. Zimerli; 
Future of the Barium Industry, Hugh Hollin ; Reconstruction Aspects of Some 
Chemical Industries in the United States To-day, Edward Gudeman; The Present 
Status of Nitrogen Fixation, Lt. Col. Alfred H. White; Synthetic Pharmaceu¬ 
ticals and the Patent Law, Julius Stieglitz. 

Most of the papers describe improvements in the manufacture of staple chem¬ 
ical products, such as glycerine, iron, fuels, etc. In most cases full details 
of processes with diagrams of apparatus are given. 

Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry for/ 1918. Vol. XV. Issued 
by the Chemical Society. 6 x 8 j 4 , 249 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: General and Physical Chemistry, by H. M. Dawson; Inorganic 
Chemistry, by E. C. C. Baly; Organic Chemistry: Part I., Aliphatic Division, by 
J. C. Irvine; Part II., Homocyclic’ Division, by F. L. Pyman; Part III., Hetero¬ 
cyclic Division, by A. W. Stewart; Analytical Chemistry, by C. A. Mitchell; 


20 


INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY 


Physiological Chemistry, by F. G. Hopkins; Agricultural Chemistry and Vegetable 
Physiology, by E. J. Russell; Radioactivity, by F. Soddy. 

Since 1904 these “ Reports ” have given systematic data on the advances made each 
year in the various departments of chemistry for the benefit of all workers, 
students or teachers or those chemists who are engaged in technical or manu¬ 
facturing applications of chemistry. 

Vols. I., 1904, to XV., 1918, inclusive. Each, $ 2.00 

DYSON, S. S. A Manual of Chemical Plant. Ill., 7 x 10. In twelve parts. 
(Hot sold separately.) paper, $ 7.50 

A record of the practical outcome of research and experiment as embodied 
in the range of plant which is actually available for the carrying out of the 
operations and processes of industrial chemistry. The work therefore places 
in the hands of the chemical engineer, the chemical manufacturer, the chem¬ 
ical works manager, and the student of chemical technology the results of a 
long and patient examination of the claims of almost every new piece of 
chemical plant that has been introduced during the last twenty-five years, 
together with an exhaustive analysis of the patent literature of the same 

DYSON, S. S., and CLARKSON, S. S. Chemical Works, Their Design, Erec¬ 
tion, and Equipment. 80 ill., 9 folding plates, 6 l / 2 x 10, 220 pp. $ 9.00 
CONTENTS: Choice of Site. Notes on Materials Used in Construction. First 
Principles in Laying Out a Works: Arrangement of Buildings; Stores; Workshops 
The Drainage System; Foundations; Retaining Walls; Fire Prevention; Ambulance 
Arrangements. The Power House: Boilers; Coal Store; Automatic Weighing 
Machines; Chimney; Economizers; Steam Engines; Steam Turbines. Sulphuric 
Acid Plant: General Design; Chambers; Glover Tower; Gay-Lussac Tower; Notes 
on Vitriol Manufacture; Recent Developments in Vitriol Plant Design and Work¬ 
ing. Hydrochloric Acid Plant. Nitric Acid Plant. Notes on High Explosives 
Plant. Sulphate if Ammonia Plant. Notes on Artificial Manure Plant. General 
Plant. Apfendjx. —On the Chemical Engineer. The Saw-Mill and Box-Making 
Department. The Alkali, etc., Works Regulation Act: (a) Alkali Works and Alkali 
Waste; ( b ) Sulphuric Acid, Muriatic Acid and Other Specified Works; (c) Regula¬ 
tion of Works: Inspection; Special Rules; Procedure. “ Welfare Work ” or “Prosper¬ 
ity Sharing.” 

ELLIS, C. Ultraviolet Light, Its Application in Chemical Arts. Ill., 5x73^. 

In Press 

GRAY, H. H. Gas-Works Products. 53^x8%. (Industrial Chemistry 
Series.) In Press 

GREENWOOD, H. C. The Industrial Gases. 534 x 8 j 4 . (Industrial Chem¬ 
istry Series.) In Press 

McNAIR, JAMES B. Citrus By-Products. In Press 

CONTENTS: Necessity for the Industry; By-Products from the Rind, Pulp, 

Seeds, and Where the Whole Fruit is Used; By-Products from the Flowers, 
Leaves and Stems; Cost of By-Products and Market Conditions; The Industry 
in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia; Appendix. 

KREMANN, R. The Application of Physico-chemical Theory to Technical 
Processes and Manufacturing Methods. Authorized translation by 
Harold E. Potts, M.Sc. 35 diagrams, 6x9, 215 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: The Two Fundamental Laws of the Mechanical Theory of Heat. 
Reaction Velocity and Catalytes. Other Special Applications of the Law of Mass 
Action. The Influence of Temperature on the Equilibrium Constant. Dissociation 
Pressure. Application of the Phase Rule. Application of the Phase Rule to Solid 
Liquid Systems. Transformation Phenomena in Hydraulic Binding Agents. Other 
Applications of the Phase Rule. The Distribution Law. Reciprocal Pairs of Salts. 


INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY* 


HI 


ROGERS, ALLEN (Editor) . Industrial Chemistry. A manual for the stu¬ 
dent and manufacturer. Written by a staff of forty-two eminent special¬ 
ists. Third Edition, Thoroughly Revised and Enlarged. 3 77 ill., 
0 l / 2 x 9%, 1255 pp. $ 7.50 

CONTENTS: General Processes by Allien Rogers; Water for Industrial Pur¬ 
poses by H. Stabler and A. A. Chambers; Fuels by J. C. W. Frazer; Sulphuria 
Acid by W. M. Grosvenor; Nitric Acid by W. M. Grosvenor; Salt and Hydro¬ 
chloric Acid by O. L. Shinn; Elements and Compounds by Allen Rogers; 
Chlorine and Allied Products by W. F. Doerflinger; Electrochemical Industries 
by W. L. Landis; Lime, Cement and Plaster by Richard K. Meade; Clay, Bricks 
and Pottery by Allen Rogers; Glass by James Gillinder; White Lead by G. W. 
Thompson; Zinc Oxide by George B. Heckel; Pigments and Paint Oils by 
Maximilian Toch; Mixed Paints by Henry A. Gardner; The Metallurgy of Iron 
and Steel by Bradley Stoughton; Fertilizers by A. G. Stillwell; Commercial 
Organic Chemicals by Allien Rogers; Illuminating Gas by W. H. Fulweiler; Coal 
Tar and its Distillation Products by F. E. Dodge; The Petroleum Industry by 
Thomas T. Gray; The Destructive Distillation of Wood by W. B. Harper; Oils, 
Fats and Waxes by Carleton Ellis; Linseed Oil by G. W. Thompson; Hydrogen¬ 
ation of Oils by Carleton Ellis; Lubricating Oils by Augustus H. Gill; Soaps 
and So'ap Powder by Lincoln Burrows; Glycerine by A. C. Langmuir; Launder¬ 
ing by W. F. Faragher; Essential Oils, Synthetic Perfumes and Flavoring Ma¬ 
terials by Alois f Von Isakovics; Turpentine and Rosin by Charles H. Herty; 
Resins, Oleo-Resins, Gum Resins and Gums by Allen Rogers; Shellac by A. C. 
Langmuir; Rubber and Allied Gums by Frederic Dannerth; Varnish by A. H. 
Sabin; Sugar by Guilford L. Spencer; Starch, Glucose, Dextrin and Gluten by 
G. W. Rolfe; Brewing and Malting by Robert Wahl; Wine Making by L. W. 
Haas; Distilled Liquors by Gustave L. Goob; Textiles by J. Merritt Matthews; 
Dyestuffs and their Application by L. A. Olney; The Art of Paper Making t>y 
G. F. Lull; Cellulose Industries by Jasper E. Crane; Explosives by O. W. Will- 
cox; Leather by Allen Rogers; Glue and Gelatine by Jerome Alexander; Casein 
by E. L. Tague; Practical Applications of Colloid Chemical Principles by Jerome 
Alexander; Dehydrated, Dried and Evaporated Foods, Condensed Fo'ods by 
Clarence V. Ekroth; Baking by Arnold Wahl. 

Aims to furnish a complete text on industrial chemistry that shall be recognized as 
a standard of modem methods and processes. The subject matter is essentially 
descriptive without omitting the necessary theoretical considerations, and each 
chapter follows as far as possible this general plan. The raw material, the treat¬ 
ment of raw material preparatory to manufacture and manufacturing processes, its 
chemical theory and reactions involved. The illustrations are numerous and 
wherever possible references are cited. 

ROGERS, ALLEN. Laboratory Guide of Industrial Chemistry. Second 

Edition , Entirely Rewritten and Enlarged. 33 ill., 5 j 4 x 8 > 4 , 219 pp. 

$ 2.00 

CONTENTS: General Process; Inorganic Preparations; Organic Preparations; 
Dyeing of Textile Fibers; Pigments and Lakes; Driers, Varnishes, Paints and 
Stains; Soap and Allied Products; Leather Manufacture; Wood Fiber, Pulp 
and Paper; Useful Data. 

The object of this elementary laboratory guide is to acquaint students of 
chemistry with actual commercial problems by bringing to their experience 
practical methods of handling materials on a large scale; the care and use 
of machinery; the cost of raw materials; transportation, wage system, 
handling of men and shop discipline. The processes described for application 
on a small scale are adaptable to the larger commercial'bases, and in many 
instances the methods are those commonly used at present, and actual factory 
practice is carried out. 

.ROGERS, AILEN. Elements of Industrial Chemistry. ; An abridgement of 
! “Manual of Industrial Chemistry,” written by forty specialists and 


L 



22 


INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY 


edited by Dr. Rogers. 117 ill., 1 folding plate, 5 J 4 x 8, 521 pp. $ 3.00 

(Author is in charge of industrial chemistry at Pratt Institute.) 

CONTENTS: General Processes; Water for Industrial Purposes; Fuels; Sul¬ 
phuric Acid; Nitric Acid; Hydrochloric Acid; Elements and Compounds; Elec¬ 
trochemical Industries; Lime, Cement and Plaster; Ceramic Industries; Pigments 
and Paints; Iron and Steel; Fertilizers; Organic Chemicals; Illuminating Gas; 
Coal Tar and Distillation Products; Petroleum; Distillation of Wood; Oils, Fats 
and Waxes; Soap and Glycerine; Essential Oils; Gums and Resins; Sugars, 
Starch and Glucose; Brewing; Wine Making, and Distilling; Textiles; Dyestuffs; 
Paper and Cellulose Industries; Explosives; Leather. 

The manufacturing processes employed in the various chemical industries are 
usually not merely a matter of complicated machinery, but depend largely 
on the employment of chemical formulas that have been evolved after many 
years of research and experiment. This book, written especially for the stu¬ 
dent and the general reader, aims to give in concise, clear terms the funda¬ 
mental principles which govern the methods and operations of these compli¬ 
cated industries. Much care has been exercised in making the subject matter 
explicitly descriptive, and a certain amount of theoretical consideration has 
been included where it was necessary for the proper understanding of the 
context. Stress is laid on the fact that while proper machinery is an important 
factor in the various industries, chemical science is the foundation and ma¬ 
chines and processes must be employed that conform to the principles of that 
science. Good pictures of machinery are given throughout the work. 

ROHLAND, PAUL. The Colloidal and Crystalloidal State of Matter. 

Translated by W. J. Britland and H. E. Potts. 5x7^, 54 pp. 

Reprinting 

CONTENTS: History of Colloids. List. Formation of Colloids in Nature 
Colloids and Crystalloids. Diffusion. Osmotic Pressure. Freezing Point and 
Boiling Point. Molecular Weight. Optical Behavior. Coagulation and Crystalliza¬ 
tion. Electrical Behavior. Colloidially Composed Substances. Permeability. 
Toxicity. Water of Gelatinization. Viscosity. Adsorption and Failure to React 
Adhesion. Colloids in Technology and Industry. Colloids in Nature. Autogency 
and Plasmogency. Monistic and Dualistic Conception of the Universe. 

SCHEELE, C. W. A Re-issue of the Chemical Essays. Translated from the 

Transactions of the Academy of Sciences at Stockholm. With addi¬ 
tions. First published in 1786. 5^2x8, 300 pp. $ 2.50 


VAN NOSTRAND’S Chemical Annual. A handbook of useful data for ana¬ 
lytical, manufacturing, and investigating chemists, chemical engineers 
and students. Edited by John C. Olsen and M. P. Matthias. Fourth 
Issue, 1918, Thoroughly Revised and Enlarged. 5 x 714, flexible fabri- 
koid, 796 pp. ' $3.00 


CONTENTS: General (14 tables); Calculation of Volumetric Analyses (u 
tables); Specific Gravity Tables (25 tables); Alcohol Tables of the Bureau of 
Standards (11 tables) ; Specific Gravity Tables (35 tables); Vapor Tension 
Tables (11 tables) ; Equivalents of Weights and Measures (u tables) - Thermo¬ 
chemistry (23 tables); Stoichiometry; New Books. 

This book supplies chemist, chemical engineer, physicist, and research metal¬ 
lurgist with a mass of reliable data, gathered and edited in such form as to 
enable ready reference. In the preparation of this issue a very thorough re¬ 
vision of all tables has been made. Molecular weights and factors have been 
recalculated in accordance with the 1917 table of atomic weights. All phvsical 
constants of the elements have been revised in accordance with new data which 
have been published. New compounds have/ been added to the tables in the 
endeavor to include substances which have come into common use. In manv 
E***® nJt 11S fyl iaS ?°t.. b f en possible because the properties of such compounds 
have not been studied or the results of such studies published. About 48 new 


TECHNICAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS 


23 


tables have been added. Some of these replace tables previously published 
as the new tables are considered more accurate or reliable. The new tables 
include tables on the properties of the elements, tables bearing on calibration 
and the true volume of glass vessels, the use of indicators, the properties of 
oils, alloys, glass, etc., specific-gravity tables, vapor pressure, units of weights 
and measures, the capacity of tanks, conversion of units of heat, electricity, 
temperature, etc., freezing-point mixtures, etc. 

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 

LUNGE, GEORGE. Technical Chemists' Handbook. Tables and methods of 
analysis for manufacturers of inorganic chemical products. Second 
Edition, Revised. 5 x 7, leather, 280 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: General Tables; Fuel and Furnaces, Sulphuric Acid Manufacture, 
Saltcake and Hydrochloric Acid; Bleaching Powder and Chlorate of Potash 
Manufacture; Soda Ash Manufacture by the Leblanc Process; Manufacture of 
Soda by the Ammonia Process; Caustic Soda; Electrolytic Alkaline Liquors; 
Nitric Acid Manufacture; Potassium Salts; Ammonia Manufacture; Coal-Gas 
Manufacture; Calcium Carbide and Acetylene; Examination of the Raw Materials 
and Products of the Manufacture of Fertilizers ; Alumina Preparations; Cement 
Industry; Preparation of Standard Solutions; Rules for Sampling; Comparison of 
the Hydrometer Degrees According to Baume and Twaddell, with the Specific 
Gravities; Value of Alkali per ton. 

In this edition all analytical factors have been recalculated on the basis of the 
atomic weights published by the International Committee for 1916. This has 
involved numerous changes, many of them of importance even for merely 
practical purposes. The tables of specific gravities and other tables have been 
selected from among the most recent reliable determinations. 

LUNGE, GEORGE. Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis. English 
translation from the latest German edition, edited by Charles Alexander 
Keane, with the collaboration of eminent specialists. In three volumes. 

New Edition in Press 

Vol. I. 

CONTENTS: Technical Gas Analysis; Fuel Analysis; Sulphurous Acid, Nitric 
Acid and Sulphuric Acid; Saltcake and Hydrochloric Acid; Sodium Carbonate; 
The Chlorine Industry; Potassium Salts; Cyanogen Compounds; Clay; Clay 
Wares, Earthenware and Glazes; Aluminum Salts and Alumina; Glass; Calcareous 
Cements; Drinking Water and Water Supplies; Feed Water for Boilers and 
Water for other Technical Purposes; Sewage and Effluents; Soils; Air. 

Vol. II. 

CONTENTS: Iron. Metals other than Iron, and Metallic Salts. Artificial Manures- 
Feeding Stuffs. Explosives. Matches and Fireworks. Calcium Carbide and Acety. 
lene. Illuminating Gas and Ammonia. Coal Tar. Organic Dyes. 

Vol. III. 

CONTENTS: Mineral Oils; Lubricants; Oils, Fats and Waxes; Special Methods 
of Analysis Employed in the Oil and Fat Industries ; Resins, Balsams, and Gum- 
Resins; Drugs and Galenical Preparations; Essential Oils; Tartaric Acid; Citric 
Acid; Organic Preparations; India Rubber and Rubber Goods; Vegetable Tanning 
Materials; Leather; Ink; Sugar; Starch and Dextrin; Alcohol, Potable Spirits, 
and Liquors; Vinegar; Wine: Brewing Materials and Beer; Paper; Textile 
Fibres; Inorganic Colors. 

RICHARDS, W. A., and NORTH, H. B. A Manual of Cement Testing. 

For the use of engineers and chemists in colleges and in the field. 56 
ill, 5^4 x 8, 147 pp. 50 

CONTENTS: Classification, Composition, Manufacture. Sampling, fineness. 



24 


TECHNICAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS 


Specific Gravity. Normal Consistency. Constancy of Volume. Tensile Strength. 
Compressive Strength and Transverse Tests. Sand and Stone. Laboratory Equip¬ 
ment. Part Played by Chemical Analysis. Preparation of Sample for Analysis. 
Analysis of Cement, Limestone, Marl, Slag and Clay. Standard Specifications for 
Portland Cement. 

SCOTT, WILFRED W. (Editor). Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis. 

A manual of analytical methods and general reference for the analytical 
chemist and for the advanced student. Second Edition, Revised. 143 
ill., 3 colored .plates, 6x9, 929 pp. $6.00 

(The following specialists have written chapters for this book: H. A. Baker, 
L. C. Barton, F. G. Breyer, B. S. Clark, Wallace G. Derby, Wm. F. Doerflinger 
D. K. French, H. A. Gardner, A. H. Gill, F. E. Hale, R. E. Hickman, W. B. Hicks] 
R. K. Meade, J. C. Olsen, R. S. Owens, W. L. Saveli, J. A Schaefer and w’ 
W. Scott.) 

CONTENTS: Aluminum; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Bismuth; Boron; Bro¬ 
mine; Cadmium; Calcium; Carbon; Cerium and Other Rare Earths; Chlorine; 
Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Fluorine; Glucinum (Beryllium); Gold; Iodine; 
Iron ; Lead ; Magnesium ; Manganese; Mercury; Molybdenum ; Nickel; Nitrogen ; 
Phosphorus; Platinum; Rarer Elements of the Allied Platinum Metals; Potas¬ 
sium ; Sodium and Other Alkalies; . Selenium and Tellurium ; Silicon ; Silver; 
Strontium; Sulphur; Thorium; Tin; Titanium; Tungsten; Tantalum and Colum- 
bium; Uranium; Vanadium; Zinc; Zirconium; Acids; Water Analysis' Oils 
Fats and Waxes; Paints; Cement; Special Alloys; Coal; Gas; Assaying of 
Gold, Silver, etc. Useful Data; Conversion Tables; Table of Melting Points; Acid 
Tables; Books of Reference. 

A compilation of carefully selected methods that have proven of practical 
va *B e . to the professional chemist. The subjects have been presented with 
sufficient detail to enable one with an elementary knowledge of analytical 
processes to follow the directions; on the other hand, lengthy exposition, theo¬ 
retical dissertation and experimental data are purposely avoided, in order tb 
include a large amount of information in a compact accessible form. 

SNELL, F. D. Colorimetric Analysis. Ill., 5 x 7 , In Press 

CONTENTS: Conditions of Use of Colorimetric Methods; Apparatus Used and 
Methods of Using It; Figuring of Results; The Determination of Iron; Deter¬ 
mination of Copper; Lead, Bismuth and Arsenic; Aluminum and Chromium* 
Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese and Zinc; Potassium and Magnesium ; Gold ; Titanium] 
Vanadium, and Tungsten; Fluo rine, Chlorine and Perchlorates; Nitric and Ni¬ 
trous Acids and Ammonia; Phosphorus, Silica and Boron; Oxygen and Hydrogen 
Peroxide; Sulphur, Hydrogen Sulphid and Selenious Acid; Color of Water 
Oils and Dyes; Nephelometry. 


ACIDS, BASES, CHEMICALS 

CALVERT, G. T. The Manufacture of Sulphate of Ammonia and Crude 
Ammonia. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 128 ill., 5^ x 8 $ 4 , 
i6 5 PP- ' * $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Sulphate of Ammonia, Its Composition and Analysis; The Raw 
MatenaU Ammoniaca 1 Liquor, Sulphuric Acid and Lime; Plant Required for 
the Manufacture of Sulphate of Ammonia; A Detailed Description of the Aooa- 
ratus and Processes Used; Starting, Working and Stopping the Plant, Difficulties 
and Their Remedies; Cost of Manufacture of Sulphate of Ammonia; Manufac- 
ture of Crude Ammonia or Concentrated Ammoniacal Liquor; Manufacture of 
Sulphate of Ammonia in Small Works; Design of a Sulphate of Ammonia 
House—Comparisons of Ammoniacal Liquors—Sulphuric Acid Table. 

DIETERICH, K. Analysis of Resins, Balsams, and Gum Resins- Their 
Chemistry and Pharmacognosis. With a Bibliography. Translated 



ACIDS, BASES, CHEMICALS 


2S 

from the German by Chas. Salter. 5^x8^, 340 pp. $3.50 

CONTENTS: General Discussion and Exposition; Origin, Habitat, General 

Properties, Commercial Varieties, Adulterants, Analysis and Bibliography of A 11 
Balsams, Resins and Gum Resins. 

FALK, K. G. Chemical Reactions : Their Theory and Mechanism. In Press 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Valence; Co-ordination Number; Acids and Bases; 
Catalysis; Chemical Reactions; General Considerations; Some Chemical Reac¬ 
tions ; Olefins and Their Reaction Products; Oxidation—Reduction; Some Oxi¬ 
dation—Reduction Reactions. 

FINDLAY, ALEXANDER. The Treasures of Coal Tar. Illustrated. 5 x 7 ^, 
137 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: The Production of Coal Tar; The Distillation of Coal Tar; The 
Constituents of Coal Tar and Their Applications in the Raw State; Molecular 
Architecture; The Production of Dyes from Coal Tar; Azo-Dyes; Anthracene 
Dyes and Vat Dyes; Indigo and Its Derivatives; Drugs, Perfumes, and Photo¬ 
graphic Developers; Explosives. 

GESCHWIND, L. Manufacture of Alum and Sulphates, and the Sulphates 
and Other Salts of Aluminia and Iron. Trans, by Chas. Salter. 195 
ill., 6*4x934, 390 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Theoretical Study of Aluminum, Iron, and Compounds of These 
Metals; Manufacture of Aluminum Sulphates and Sulphates of Iron : Uses^ of 
the Sulphates of Aluminum and Iron; Uses and Applications of Ferrous Sul¬ 
phate and Ferric Sulphates; Chemical Characteristics of Iron and Aluminum; 
Analysis of Various Aluminous or Ferruginous Products; Analysing of Alum¬ 
inum Products. 

GROSSMANN, J. Ammonia and Its Compounds. Ill., 5x7, 151 pp. $1.50 

CONTENTS: Ammonia; Concentrated Gas-liquor; Liquor Ammoniae; Liquid Am¬ 
monia; The Carbonates, Sulphate, Chloride, Nitrate, Phosphate, Sulphides, Fluor¬ 
ides, Sulphocyanide, and Ferrocyanide of Ammonia; Waste Gases and Liquors 
from the Manufacture of the Sulphate; Ammonia Recovery from Spent Oxide; 
Tables. 

HALE, ARTHUR J. The Manufacture of Chemicals by Electrolysis. 

5 J 4 x 8 > 4 . In Press 

KNOX, JOSEPH. The Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen. 

pp. (Van Nostrand’s Chemical Monographs.) $1.00 

CONTENTS: Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen as Nitric and Nitrous Acids, or 
as Their Salts; Synthesis of Ammonia and Ammonium Compounds from Atmos¬ 
pheric Nitrogen; Conversion of Atmospheric Nitrogen into Compounds Which 
Readily Yield Ammonia; Bibliography. 

K0PPE, S. W. Glycerine. Its introduction, uses and examination. For 
chemists, perfumers, soapmakers, pharmacists, and explosives technol¬ 
ogists. 7 ill., 534 X 714 , 260 pp. $3.50 

CONTENTS: Chemical Properties of Glycerine: Compounds and Decomposition 
Products of Glycerine; Products and Properties of Glycerine; Nitro-Glycerine; 
Properties of Nitro-Glycerine; Dynamite; Lead Glyceride (Glycerine Cement); 
Glycerine as a Softening Substance ; Preparations of Glycerine and Glue ; Glycerine 
Applied to the Manufacture of Inks; Glycerine as a Solvent; Various Applica¬ 
tions of Glycerine; Chemical Analysis of Glycerine; Investigation of Nitro- 
Glycerine and Dynamite. 

KRAUCH, C. Chemical Reagents, Their Uses, Methods of Testing for Purity 
and Commercial Varieties. Translated from the German. Second Edi- 


26 


ACIDS, BASES, CHEMICALS 


tion, Revised and Enlarged, by H. B. Stocks. 5 J 4 .x 8 J 4 . 375 PP- $ 7.00 

In this edition all the new reagents, such dimethylglyoxime, nitron, ben¬ 
zidine, etc., have been introduced and their uses described. Much new matter 
has ben added in connection with the order reagents. Temperatures are 
given in all cases in degrees centigrade, while the whole of the molecular 
weights have ben recalculated from the International Atomic Weights for 1918. 

LUNGE, GEORGE Coal-Tar and Ammonia. Fifth Thoroughly Revised and 
Enlarged Edition. In three volumes, not sold separately. Ill., 5*4 x 9. 
1600 pp. $ 25.00 

ABRIDGED CONTENTS: Coal Tar. Introductory; Processes for Obtaining Coal 
Tar; The Properties of Coal-Tar and Its Constituents; The Applications of Coal- 
Tar Without Distillation; The First Distillation of Coal-Tar; Pitch; Anthracene 
Oil: Creosote Oil; Carbolic Oil (Middle Oil) ; Light Oil; Working-Up the Light 
Naphtha into Final Products. Ammonia. Historical Notes on Ammonia; Sources 
from Which Ammonia is Obtained ; 1 he Composition and Analysis of Ammoniacal 
Liquor, and Properties of Its Constituents; The Working-Up of Ammoniacal 
Liquor into Concentrated Liquor and Liquid Ammonia; Manufacture of Sul¬ 
phate of Ammonia; Other Technically Important Ammonium Salts. 

This new edition will be of great importance, as six years have elapsed since 
the publication of the fourth edition, which has been out of print for some 
time. In preparing the revised issue the author is not only embodying in it 
all the new matter collected by himself on visits to factories and through 
communications with private sources, but also that which he has found in 
the books and periodicals published in the various industrial countries, and 
in the extremely numerous specifications of those countries. 

LUNGE, GEORGE. The Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid and Alkali. With 

the collateral branches. A theoretical and practical treatise. In four 
volumes. (Three now ready.) 

Vol. I., Sulphuric Acid. In three parts. Not sold separately. 
Fourth Edition. 543 ill., 11 folding plates, 6^x9, 1665 pp. 

Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Historical and General Notes on the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid. 
Raw Materials of the Sulphuric Acid Manufacture, Including Nitric Acid. Properties 
and Analysis of the Technically Employed Oxides and Acids of Sulphur. Produc¬ 
tion of Sulphur Dioxide. Construction of the Lead Chambers. Recovery of the 
Nitrogen Compounds. Chamber-Process. Purification of Sulphuric Acid. Concen¬ 
tration of Sulphuric Acid. Sulphuric Acid Works Arrangement on the Chamber 
Process. Yields and Costs. Manufacture of Nordhausen or Fuming Oil of Vitriol, 
and of Sulphuric Anhydride. Other Processes for Manufacturing Sulphuric Acid. 
By-Products of the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid. Application bf Sulphuric Acid 
and Statistics. Addenda. 

Sulphuric and Nitric Acid. Supplement to Vol. I. Reprinting 

111 .. 6x9. 347 pp. 

Since the issue of the fourth edition very numerous contributions have 
been made to the industries described, and in response to numerous re¬ 
quests this material has been compiled and brought up tb date in this 
supplemental volume. The text arrangement is in the form of references 
to the large book, giving the number of the page in the subject matter 
of which needed changing or amplification. 

Vol. II., Sulphate of Soda, Hydrochloric Acid, Leblanc Soda. Third 
Edition, Much Enlarged. In two parts, not sold separately. 335 ill., 
6 y 4 x 9, 1044 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Properties and Occurrences in Nature of the Raw Materials and 
Products of the Alkali Industry and their Analysis; Manufacture of Sulphate 


: ACIDS, BASES, CHEMICALS 


27 


ot Soda; from Salt and Sulphuric Acid by the process of Hargreaves and Robinson; 
Other Methods; Purification of Sodium Sulphate; The Condensation of the 
Hydrochloric Acid Produced in the Manufacture of Sulphates of Soda; Manufac¬ 
ture of Hydrochloric Acid by Other than Ordinary Methods; Weak Acid; Con¬ 
trol of Condensation; Yields, Costs, Purification, Pumping and Conveyance of 
Hydrochloric Acid; Notes on Alkali; Manufacture Theory of the Leblanc 
Process; The Manufacture of Black-Ash; Black-ash and Tank Liquor: Manu¬ 
facture of Finished Soda and Bicarbonate; Yield and Costs; Caustic Soda; 
Tank Waste. 

Vol. III., Ammonia-Soda, Various Processes of Alkali Making and the 
Chlorine Industry. Third Edition , Much Enlarged. Ill., 784 pp. 

Reprinting 

CONTENTS: The Ammonia-Soda Process, Historical and General- 

The Ammoniacal Solution of Salt. Production of Carbonic Acid for the Ammonia. 
Soda Process. Precipitation of Sodium Bicarbonate by the Carbonating Proc¬ 
ess. Filtering, Drying and Calcining the Bicarbonate. Recovery of the 
Ammonia. Combination of the Apparatus, Final Products, Costs, Statistics. 
Other Forms of the Ammonia-Soda Process. Manufacture of Commercial 
Bicarbonate by the Ammonia-Soda Process. Various Processes of the 
Alkali Manufacture. Manufacture of Soda from Cryolite; Directly from 
Sodium Chloride; from Sodium Sulphate without Previous Reductions to Sul¬ 
phide; from Sodium Sulphate, after Reduction to Sulphide: from Nitrate of 
Soda and Feldspar. The Chlorine Industry. —General Notes on Chlorine. 
Manufacture of Chlorine by Manganese Ore. Utilization of Still-Liquor. Origi¬ 
nal Weldon Process. The Deacon Process. Other Processes for the Manufacture 
of Chlorine. Properties and Behavior of the Hypochlorites and of Bleaching- 
Powder. Manufacture of Bleaching-Powder. Bleach-Liquors and Other 
Bleaching Compounds. The Chlorates. Appendix of Statistical Data. 

Vol. IV. Electrolytic Methods. Edited by Professors Askenasy and 
Haber. /» Preparation. 

McINTOSH, J. G. Industrial Alcohol. The production and use of alcohol 
for industrial purposes, and as a source of motive power. 75 ill., 25 
tables, 6x9, 260 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Alcohol and Its Properties; Continuous Aseptic and Antiseptic 
Fermentation and Sterilization in Industrial Alcohol Manufacture; Manufacture 
of Industrial Alcohol from: Beets, Grain, Potatoes; Wine, Spoilt Wine, Wine 
Marcs and Fruits; Sugar Cane and Sugar Cane Molasses; Plant for Manufac¬ 
turing Alcohol; Uses of Alcohol in Industries; Manufacture and Uses of 
Various Alcohol Derivatives; Alcohol for Lighting, Heating and Motive Power. 

MURRAY, B. L. Standards and Tests for Reagent Chemicals. 6x9, about 
300 pp. . $2.00 

A next text filled with the latest and most trustworthy standards of purity 
for chemicals used in research, analytical, and control laboratories. The fol¬ 
lowing points are covered quite systematically: Name and Common Syno¬ 
nyms ; Chemical Formulas; Molecular Weight; Physical Properties, such as 
Color. Odor, Form, Melting Point, Boiling Point, Congealing Point, Specific 
Gravity, Solubility and Reaction; Standard of Purity; Uses as a Reagent; 
Storage and Precautions; Tabular Statement of Maximum of Allowable Im¬ 
purities; Methods of Testing; Quantitative Methods ; References to Literature. 

PARTINGTON. J. R. The Alkali Industry. 63 ill., 5>4x8J 4 , 318 pp. 
(Industrial Chemistry Series.) $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; The Salt Industry; Sulphuric Acid; Natural Soda 
and the Leblanc Process; The Ammonia-Soda Process; Electrolytic Processes; 
Chlorine and Derived Products; Nitric Acid; Ammonia and Ammonium Salts; 


28 


« 4 CIDS — BASES—CHEMICALS 


The Oxidation Of Ammonia; Utilization and Economy of Sulphuric Acid; The 
Potassium Salts, Iodine, Magnesium. 

The chief points which the author has kept in view have been to give a concise 
and connected sketch of the whole subject, and always if possible to give some 
explanation for the mode of procedure adopted in e/ach case. In this way the 
book may be regarded as an introduction to, and also as supplementing, the 
larger and more technical treatises, and that it may also be of some interest 
to the technical expert who wishes to keep in touch with the recent applica¬ 
tions of pure science to the industry. 

PRIDEAUX, E. B. R. The Theory and Use of Indicators. An account of 

the chemical equilibria of acids, alkalies and indicators in aqueous 
solutions, with applications. 5 >^x 8 j 4 , 382 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Equilibria of Acids, Bases and Salts, and the Physical Methods of 
Determining Acidity and Alkalinity; Light Absorption in the Visible Spectrum 
and Calorimetry; Theories of Color in Their Relation to the Ionic Theory; 
Chemical Constitution and the Formation of Salts; Color of Indicators as a 
Function of Hydrion Concentration; Determination and Use of Indicator Con¬ 
stants; Preparation and Use of Solutions of Standard Hydrion Concentration 
Applications; Course of Neutralization and the Theory of Titration; Solution 
Equilibrium and Titration of Some Acids; List of Principal Indicators, with 
Absorption Spectra. 

SEIDELL, ATHERTON. Solubilities of Inorganic and Organic Compounds. 

A compilation of quantitative solubility data from the periodical litera¬ 
ture. Second Edition , Enlarged and Thoroughly Revised . 634 x 9 / 4 * 
867 pp. $7.50 

The material has been collected in all cases where possible directly from the 
original sources, and all available quantitative solubility data upon inorganic 
and organic compounds included. Wherever possible all solubility determina¬ 
tions have been calculated to the weight percentage basis and the interpolated 
values for regular intervals of temperature given. When determinations of 
the solubility of the same substance are reported differently by two or more 
investigators, the results are calculated to a common basis, and if a reasonable 
degree of concordance is found, the average results alone are given, otherwise 
both or all determinations are included and a note made of the reason there¬ 
for. The arrangement of the material is alphabetical according to the cus¬ 
tomary English name by which the substance is known. An index is provided 
for those cases where a doubt appears as to which name is preferable, and 
also to furnish cross references to the tables containing results upon more 
than one substance. For the benefit of those who need quantitative solubility 
data only rarely and are more or less unfamiliar with the usual methods of 
expressing such data, a detailed description is given of the various forms of 
stating solubilities and of the methods of calculating results from one form to 
another. The principles followed in constructing the tables are described and 
the exact meaning of the results contained in a number of typical tables ex¬ 
plained. Finally, there is given a chapter on methods for the quantitative 
determination of solubility. 

VINCENT, C. Ammonia and Its Compounds: their Manufacture and Uses: 

Translated by M. J. Salter. 32 ill., x 10, 122 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: General Considerations; Extraction of Ammoniacal Products from 
'Sewage; Extraction of Ammonia from Gas Liquor; Manufacture of Ammoniacal 
Compounds from Bones, Nitrogenous Waste, Beetroot Wash and Peat; Manu¬ 
facture of Caustic Ammonia and Ammonium Chloride, Phosphate and Carbonate; 
Recovery of Ammonia from Ammonia-Soda Mother Liquor. 

WARNES, ARTHUR R. Coal Tar Distillation and Working Up of Tar 
Products. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 78 ill., 2 folding 
plates, 514 xSy 2 , 315 pp. $5.00 


CERAMICS AND GLASS 


29 


CONTENTS: Coal Tar and Its Composition; Effect of Nature of Raw Material 
and Heat of Carbonisation of Physical Properties and Chemical Composition of 
Tar; Results of Practical Distillations; Coalite Tar; Vertical Retort Tar; In¬ 
creasing Toluene in Tar; “Free Carbon'’ of Tar; How Tar is Received from 
Gasworks; Tar Tips; Storage of Tar; Construction of Storage Tanks; Pumps; 
Tar Mains; Plant Used in the Distillation of Tar: Distillation of Coal Tar; 
Plant for Recovering Cresylic and Carbolic Acids from Oils; The Recovery of 
Carbolic and Cresylic Acids; Plant for the Recovery of Benzols, Naphthas; The 
Recovery of Benzols and Naphthas; First Distillation and Washing; The Recti¬ 
fication of Benzols and Naphthas; Plant for the Working Up of Pyridine from 
Pyridine Acid; The Recovery and Rectification of Pyridine Bases; Plant for the 
Manufacture of Crude Naphthalene and Anthracene; The Manufacture of Crude 
Naphthalene and Anthracene; Pitch and Pitch “Getting"; Creosote; Gas Strip¬ 
ping; Tarv/orks’ Tests; Appendix. 

WREN, HENRY. The Organometallic Compounds of Zinc and Magnesium. 

5/4 x 7 / 4 , 108 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Chemical Monographs.) $ 1.00 
CONTENTS: General Notes on Grignard’s Reaction; Products Formed by the 
Aid of Grignard’s Reagents; Theoretical; Zinc Organometallic Compounds; Bib¬ 
liography. 


CERAMICS AND GLASS 

ASCH, W., and ASCH, D. The Silicates in Chemistry and Commerce. 
Including the exposition of a hexite and pentite theory and of a stereo¬ 
chemical theory of general application. Translated, with critical notes 
and additions, by Alfred B. Searle. Ill., 6^4 x 10, 476 pp. $7.50 

CONTENTS: Chemistry of Carbon and Silicon; Historical Review of Existing 
Theories Concerning the Constitution of the Alumino-Silicates and Other Sili¬ 
cates; Critical Examination of Existing Theories Concerning Alumino-Silicates; 
Hypothesis Concerning the Bonding of the Atoms in Alumino-Silicates and 
Allied Compounds. Consequences of the “Hexite-Pentite Theory” and the Facts. 
Reactions During Double Decomposition; Genetic Relationship Between Various 
Aluminosilicates; Possibility of a Chemical System of Aluminosilicates; Variable 
Chemical Behaviour of Part of the Aluminum in Kaolin, Nepheline, and in the 
Epidotes; Minimum Molecular Weight of Aluminosilicates; Constitution of An¬ 
desite ; Possibility of Isomerism; Water of Crystallisation and of Constitution; 
Basic and Acid Water; Prognoses; Constitution of the Complexes of Molybde¬ 
num and Tungsten; Constitution of Clays; Ultramarines; New Theory of Hy¬ 
draulic Binding Materials and Particularly of Portland Cements; Of the Porce¬ 
lain Cements as Used for Dental Fillings; Of Glass, Glazes and Porcelain; 
Hexite-Pentite Theory as a General Theory of Chemical Compounds; Conver¬ 
sion of the H.-P. Theory Into a Stereo-chemical Theory and the Combination 
of the Latter with the Modern Theory of the Structure of Crystals; Summary 
and Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendix Formulas and Analyses. 

AUDLEY, J. A. Silica and the Silicates. M/2 x8^. (Industrial Chemistry 
Series.) In Press 

BECKWITH, A. Pottery, Observations on the materials and manufac¬ 
ture of terra-cotta, stoneware, firebrick, porcelain, earthenware, brick, 
majolica, and encaustic tiles. 5^x9, 101 pp. $ 0.60 

CONTENTS: Porcelain; Parian; Earthenware; Decorative Tiles; Terra Cotta; 
Stoneware; Terro-Metallic Ware; Blue Bricks; Fire-Clay Wares; Bricks; Drain 
Pipes; Roofing Tiles; Ancient Architectural Pottery. 

BINNS, C. F. Manual of Practical Potting. Compiled by experts. Third 
Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 5^4 x 8 ^ 4 , 304 pp. $ 8.00 

CONTENTS: Bodies; Glazes; Gold and Gold Colors; Means and Methods; 
Classification and Analysis; Forms and Tables. 



30 


CERAMICS AND GLASS 


BOURRF, EMILE. A Treatise on Ceramic Industries. A complete manual 
for pottery, tile, and brick manufacturers. A revised translation from 
the French by Albert B. Searle. New Edition in Press 

CONTENTS: Definition and Classification of Ceramic Ware; Brief History of 
Ceramics; Raw Materials of Bodies; Plastic Bodies—Properties and Composition, 
Preparation, Purification; Processes of Formation: Throwing, Expression, Mould¬ 
ing. Pressing, Casting, Slipping; Drying: Evaporation, Aeration, Heat, Absorption; 
Glares: Manufacture and Application; Firing: Properties of Bodies and Glazes 
During Firing-Kilns; Decoration: Materials and Methods: Terra-cottas: Bricks, 
Hollow Blocks, Roofing, Tiles, Paving Bricks, Pipes, Architectural and Decorative 
Terra-Cotta, Common Pottery, Tobacco Pipes, Lustre Ware, Tests; Fireclay Goods: 
Varieties, Methods of Manufacture. Tests; Faiences: Classification, Composition, 
Methods of Manufacture and Decoration; Stoneware: Paving Tiles, Sanitary Ware, 
lor Domestic Purposes, For Chemical Products, Decorative Objects; Porcelain: 
Classification, Composition, Manufacture, Decoration. 


DTJTHIE, ARTHUR LOUIS. Decorative Glass Processes. 38 ill., 6x9, 

2 79 PP- (Van Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; Various Kinds of Glass in Use: Their 
Characteristics, Comparative Price, etc.; Leaded Lights; Stained Glass; Embossed 
Glassy Brilliant Cutting and Bevelling; Sand-Blast and Crystalline Glass; Gild¬ 
ing, Silvering, and Mosaic; Proprietary Processes; Patents; Glossary; Index. 

iAIRIE, J. Notes on Pottery Clays The distribution, properties, uses and 
analysis of ball clays, china clays and china stone. With tables and 
formula!. 5# x ?y 2i 135 pp. ' $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Properties of Clays; Brick; Fire; Pottery; Pipe; Dorsetshire and 
Devonshire; Koohu or China:, Cornish China; Analysis of Clavs; Preparation 
of Clays: Sources of Irish Porcelain Clays; China Stone, Its Discovery, Use, 
Composition, Occurrence and Analysis. 


MALINOVZSKY, A. Analysis of Ceramic Materials and Methods of Calcu¬ 
lation. j n p rcss 

Recipes for FLINT GLASS MAKING. Being leaves from the mixing book 
of several experts on the flint glass trade, compiled by a British glass 
master and mixer. 5V4 x 7*4, 34 op. $5.00 

Contains up-to-date recipes and valuable information as to Crystal, Demi-Crystal, 
and Colored Glass in its many varieties, and the recipes* for cheap metal 
suited to pressing, blowing, etc., as well as the most costlv crvstal and ruby 
as follows: Ruby Glass; German Metal; Cornelian; Sapphire Blue; CrysophisJ 
Opal; Turquoise Blue; Gold Color; Green; Malachite; Black; Canary- White 
Opaque Glass; Sealing Wax Red; Flint Glass; Achromatic Glass: Paste Glass; 
White Enamel; Firestone; Dead White; Agate; Canary; Note? by Compiler. 

RHEAD, G. W. British Pottery Marks. Ill., 5^4 x 8 l / 2 , 307 pp. $ 3.50 

Of assistance to the collector, connoisseur, student, and general reader in 
the identification of the various British pottery wares. Illustrated with four¬ 
teen half-tones and more than twelve hundred pottery marks in the text. 

R 0 SENHAIN, WALTER. Glass Manufacture. Ill., 6x8 x A, 264 pp $5 00 
CONTENTS: Physical and Chemical Properties; The Raw MateliaVof Glass 
Manufacture; Crucibles; Furnaces for the Fusion of Glass; Process of Fusion- 
Processes Used in the Working of Glass; Bottle Glass; Blown and Pressed •’ 
Appradix F J Sh anC CrCWn; Colored; Optical Miscellaneous Products! 


SANDEMAN, ERNEST A. Notes on the ^Manufacture of Earthenware. 
Hl-> 5 x 7 1 /2, 39 ° PP- fjn 

CONTENTS: Definition of Earthenware and General Principles of Its Mann- 


CERAMICS AND GLASS 




facture; Materials Used in the Composition of the Body; Mixture of the Mate¬ 
rials for the Body in the Slip House; Materials and Their Preparation for the 
Glaze; Models and Moulds; Processes and Materials Used in Their Manufac¬ 
ture; Manufacture of Articles from Clay and Various Methods Employed; 
Pressing, Casting, Handling, Sticking-up Dishmaking; Application of Machinery 
to Potting; Auxiliary Plant and Appliances Required by Machine Jiggerers; 
Manufacture of Clay Ware by Machinery; Decoration of Ware in the Clay 
State; General Remarks on Clay Ware; Ovens and Their Construction; Saggers 
and'Sagger-making; Biscuit Placing; Firing; Drawing Biscuit Ovens and Biscuit 
Warehouse; Dipping, or the Application of the Glaze; Spurs, Thimbles, Stilts, 
and Their Manufacture; Glost Placing or the Arrangement of Glazed Ware in 
Saggers; Glost Firing; Drawing Glost and Sorting Warehouse; Printing Under¬ 
glaze; Painting and Decorating Underglaze; Hardening-on Kilns; Printing. Paint¬ 
ing and Decorating Overglaze; Enamel Kilns and Firing; Glost Warehouses and 
Getting up Orders; The Packing Shed; Arrangement of a Pottery; General Re¬ 
marks ; Cost of Production. 

SEARLE, ALFRED B. Modern Brickmaking. 260 ill., 6 % x 10, 449 PP- 

New Edition in Press 

CONTENTS: The Nature and Selection of Clays; Their Special Suitability for 
Certain Purposes; The Colors and Characteristics of Various Bricks: Sand, Breeze 
and Other Materials Used; The General Manufacture of Bricks; Hand-Brickmaking 
Processes; Plastic Moulding by Machinery; Wire-Cut Bricks; Mixers and Feed¬ 
ers; Expression Rolls; Pug-Mills, Mouthpiece Presses and Auger Machines; Cutting 
Tables; Represses; Dryers; The Stiff-Plastic Process; The Semi-Dry or Semi- 
Plastic Process: The Dry or Dust Process; Kilns-Setting^ and Burning; Vitrified 
Brick for Special Work; Fire-Bricks and Blocks; Glazed Bricks; Perforated, Radial, 
and Hollow Bricks and Blocks; Fire-proof Flooring; Moulded and Ornamental 
Bricks; Drying Raw Clay; Sources of Difficulty and Less. 

A complete treatise on the whole industry, in which is condensed into convenient 
limits the results of a wide practical experience with all the better known processes, 
machines and kilns now in use. 

SEARLE, A. B. Cement, Concrete and Bricks. 113 illus., 5% x 8%, 4 1 5 PP- 

$ 3.00 

CONTENTS: The Raw Materials for Cements; Methods of Cement Manufac¬ 
ture ; Chemical and Physical Changes in Cements; Changes That Occur in 
Setting and Hardening; Testing the Properties of Cements; The Components 
of Concrete and Their Properties; Preparation of Concrete; Reinforced Con¬ 
crete; Special Properties of Concrete; Testing Concrete; Raw Materials for 
Bricks; Methods of Brickmaking; The Chemical and Other Changes in Drying 
and Burning Bricks; Basic and Neutral Bricks. 

Attempts to show the intimate relationships which exist between cement and 
bricks (with concrete as a relative of both), and at the same time to indicate 
some of the directions in which a further study of these materials will be 
likely to prove of value. 

SHAW, S. Chemistry of the Several Natural and Artificial Heterogeneous 
Compounds Used in Manufacturing Porcelain, Glass and Pottery. Re¬ 
issued in its original form as published in 1837. 6% x 10, 769 pp, $6.00 
CONTENTS: Analysis and Materials. Elements; Temperature; Acids and Al¬ 
kalies; The Earths; Metals. Synthesis and Compounds. Origin and Progress of 
the Art; Science of Mixing; Various Bodies; Glazes; Glasses; Colors; Tables 
of the Characteristics of Chemical Substances. 

SHAW, S. History of the Staffordshire Potteries and the Rise and Progress 
of the Manufacture of Pottery and Porcelain. With references to gen¬ 
uine specimens, and notices of eminent potters. 6x8%, 269 pp. $ 2.50 
CONTENTS: The Potteries; On the Origin of the Art, and Its Practice Among 
the Early Nations; Manufacture of Pottery Prior to 1700; Introduction of Red 
Porcelain in 1690; Progress of the Manufacture from 1700 to 1760; Introduction 


32 


OILS, FATS AND WAXES 


of Fluid Glaze; Introduction of Porcelain; Blue Printed Pottery; Introduction 
of Lustre Pottery. 

SUFFLING, E. R. Treatise on the Art of Glass Painting. Prefaced with 

a review of ancient glass. Ill., colored plates, cloth, 150 pp. $3.50 

CONTENTS: A Short History of Stained Glass; Designing Scale Drawings; 
Cartoons and Cutline; Various Kinds of Glass Cutting for Windows; Colors 
and Brushes Used in Glass Painting; Painting on Glass; Dispersed Patterns; 
Diapered Patterns; Aciding; Firing; Fret Lead Glazing, 


OILS, FATS AND WAXES 


ANDES, L. E. Animal Fats and Oils. Their practica? production, purifica¬ 
tion and uses for a great variety of purposes; their properties, falsifica¬ 
tion and examination. Translated from the German by Charles Salter. 
Second Edition, Enlarged. 62 ill., 5^x8%, 259 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Occurrence, Origin, Properties, and Chemical Con¬ 
stitution of A.nimal Fats; Preparation of Animal Fats and Oils; Machinery for 
Breaking Down Fats; Pans and Apparatus for Fat Melting; Tallow-Melting 
Plants; Presses; Filtering Apparatus; Animal Fats and Oils; Raw Materials, 
Preparation, Properties and Uses; Butter, Raw Material and Preparation; Arti¬ 
ficial Butter: Oleomargarin; Hog’s Lard: Raw Material; Lard Oil; Beef Mar¬ 
row; Tallow; Beef Tallow, Raw Material; Bone Fat; Bone Oil; Neatsfoot Oil; 
Horse Fat; Animal Oil; Keppel’s Oil; Fish Oils; Seal Oils; Liver Oils; Arti¬ 
ficial Train Oil; Turtle, Candle-Fish, Crocodile, and Alligator Oils; Hare, Goose 
and Human Fat; Degras; Tanner’s Grease; Wool Fat; Examination of Fats 
and Oils in General. 

ANDES, LOUIS E. Vegetable Fats and Oils. Their practical preparation, 
purification, properties, adulteration and examination. Translated from 
the German by Chas. Salter. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged, 
by H. B. Stocks. 93 ill., S l A x 362 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; General Properties and Composition of the Vegetable 
Fats and Oils: Estimation of the Amount of Oils in Seeds; Non-Drying Vegetable 
Oils; Semi-Drying Vegetable Oils; Vegetable Drying Oils; Solid Vegetable Fats; 
The Preparation of Vegetable Fats and Oils; Installation of Oil and Fat Works, 
and the Apparatus Used for Grinding, Pressing and Extracting; Treatment of 
the Oil After Leaving the Press; Refining with Sulphuric Acid, Zinc, Lead, Oxides, 
Alkalies and Tannin; Ekenberg and Aspinall’s Method of Refining Oils; Purifying 
Oils and Mechanical Appliances for Refining; Deodorising Oils and Fats; Bleach¬ 
ing Fats and Oils; Practical Experiments on the Treatment of Oils, with Regard 
to Refining and Bleaching; Oils Specially Prepared for Industrial Purposes; The 
Hydrogenation of Oils for Conversion into Solid Fats; Oil-Cake and Meal; 
Physical and Chemical Examination of Oils and Fats. 

ANDES, L. E. Drying Oils, Bailed Oil, and Solid and Liquid Driers. A 

practical work for manufacturers of oils, varnishes, printing inks, oil 
cloth and linoleum, oil cakes, paints, etc. Second Edition. Revised 
by H. B. Stocks. 43 ill. and diagrams, 5^ x 8^, 352 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: General Chemical and Physical Properties of the Drying Oils— 
Cause of the Drying Property-Absorption of Oxygen-Behaviour Towards Metallic 
Oxides, etc.; The Properties of and Methods for Obtaining the Drying Oils; 
Production of the Drying Oils by Expression and Extraction, Refining and Bleach¬ 
ing; Manufacture of Boiled Oil; The Preparation of Drying Oils for Use in the 
Grinding of Paints and Artists’ Colours and in the Manufacture of Varnishes, 
by Heating (Boiling) Over a Fire or by Steam by the Cold Process, by the Action 
of Air, and by Means of the Electric Current; Preparation of Varnishes for 



OILS, FATS AND WAXES 


33 


Letterpress Lithographic, and Copper-Plate Printing; For Oilcloth and Water¬ 
proof Fabrics; Behaviour of the Drying Oils and Boiled Oils Towards Atmos¬ 
pheric Influences, Water Acids, and Alkalis; Boiled Oil Substitutes; Manufacture 
of Solid and Liquid Driers from Linseed Oil and Rosin; Examination of the 
Drying Oils and Boiled Oils and Driers for Adulteration. 

ANDES, L. E. Oil Colors and Printers’ Ink. A practical handbook treating 
of linseed-oil, boiled oil, paints, artists’ colors, lampblack, and printers’ 
inks (black or colored). Translated from the German. Second Edition, 
Revised and Enlarged, by H. B. Stocks. 57 ill., 6x9, 235 pp. $4.00 

CONTENTS: Linseed Oil; Poppy Oil and Walnut Oil; Mechanical Purification 
of Linseed Oil; Chemical Purification of Linseed Oil; Bleaching Linseed Oil; 
Oxidising Agents for Boiling Linseed Oil; Theory of Oil Boiling and Drying; 
Manufacture of Boiled Oil; Adulterations of Boiled Oil; Chinese Drying Oil and 
Other Specialties; Pigments for House and Artistic Painting and Inks; Pigments 
for Printers’ Black Inks; Substitutes for Lampblack; Machinery for Color Grind¬ 
ing and Rubbing; Machines for Mixing Pigments with the Vehicle; Paint Mills; 
Manufacture of Ordinary Oil Paints; Examination of Pigments and Paint; Ship 
Paints; Luminous Paint; Artists’ Colors; Printers’ Inks; Vehicles; Pigments and 
Manufacture. 

BRUNNER, R. Manufacture of Lubricants, Shoe Polishes and Leather 
Dressings. Such as axle and machinery greases, oils, machinery oils, 
clockmakers’ oils, as well as shoe polishes. Translated from the Sixth 
German edition by Charles Salter. Ill., 5x7)4, 170 pp. $3.50 

CONTENTS: Properties of Lubricants; Raw Materials; Lubricants of: Tallow, 

Palm Oil, Lead Soap, True Soap, Caoutchouc; Oils for Lubricating Made of 
Fat and Resin, Neatsfoot Oil, Bone. Fat; Mineral Oils; Clockmakers’ and Sew¬ 
ing Machine Oils; Use of Lubricants; Shoe Polishes; Leather Varnishing and 
Softening Preparations; Bone Black; Degras. 

CHALMERS, T. W. The Production and Treatment of 'Vegetable Oils. 

Including chapters on the refining of oils, the hydrogenation of oils, 
the generation of hydrogen, soap making, the recovery and refining of 
glycerine, and the splitting of oils. 95 illustrations, 9 folding plates. 
7 x 10, 163 pp. $7.50 

CONTENTS: Introductory and General; The Principal Vegetable Oils; Prepara¬ 
tory Machinery for Copra and Linseed; Preparatory Machinery for Palm Fruit 
and Palm Kernels; Preparatory Machinery for Cotton Seed and Castor Seed; 
Some Special Forms of Reduction Machinery; Meal Kettles, Receiving Pans and 
Moulding Machines; Oil Presses—Anglo-American Type; Oil Presses—Cage 
Type; The General Arrangement of Oil Mills; Extraction of Oil by Chemical 
Solvents; The Refining of Oils; The Hydrogenation or Hardening of Oils; The 
Generation of Hydrogen for Oil Hardening Purposes; The Manufacture of Soap; 
Glycerine Recovery and the Splitting of Oils. 

ELLIS, CARLETON. The Hydrogenation of Oils, Catalyzers and Catalysis, 
and the Generation of Hydrogen and Oxygen. Second Edition, Thor¬ 
oughly Revised and Enlarged. 240 ill., 6x9, 767 pp. $7.50 

CONTENTS: Methods of Hydrogenation; Catalyzers and Their Role in Hydro¬ 
genation Processes; The Base Metals as Catalyzers; The Occlusion of Hydrogen 
and the Mechanism of Hydrogen Addition; The Analytical Constants of Hydro¬ 
genated Oils; Edible Hydrogenated Oils; Use of Hydrogenated Oils and Their 
Utilization in Soap Making; Uses of Hydrogenated Oils and Properties of Cer¬ 
tain Hardened Products; Hydrogenation Practice; The Hydrogenation of Petro¬ 
leum; The Hydrogen Problem in Oil-Hardening; Water Gas as a Source of 
Hydrogen and the Replacement of Carbon Monoxide by Hydrogen; Liquefaction 
and Other Methods for the Removal of Carbon Monoxide; Hydrogen by the 


34 


OILS', FATS AND WANES 


Decomposition of Hydrocarbons; Hydrogen by the Action of Steam on Heated 
Metals; Action of Acids on Metals; Miscellaneous Methods of Hydrogen Gen¬ 
eration ; Hydrogen and Oxygen by Electrolysis of Water; Precautions in Han¬ 
dling Hydrogen; Appendices. 

Heretofore, the literature on hydrogenation has been scattered through many 
periodicals, and except for a few condensed briefs, *has not found its way 
into book form. In this work the author has collected and arranged in logical 
order all the known facts and figures of this important new branch of chem¬ 
istry. The treatise describes the numerous processes proposed for the treat¬ 
ment of various oils with hydrogen, and gives many details of operation on 
the large scale. The catalytic materials employed and the manner of prepara¬ 
tion are discussed fully, and all useful methods of generating hydrogen gas are 
detailed. The publication is one which should be of great interest to workers 
in fatty and petroleum oils, and in fact in all arts where the treatment of un¬ 
saturated organic compounds is involved. While entering into the scientific 
side of the process in a thorough manner, the treatment of the subject from 
the standpoint of the practical operator is exceptionally well considered. 

ENNIS, WILLIAM D. Linseed Oil and Other Seed Oils. An industrial 
manual. 88 ill., 6^2 X9 1 / 2 , 330 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Introductory The Handling of Seed and the Disposition of 
Its Impurities; Grinding. Tempering the Ground Seed and Moulding the 
Press Cake. Pressing and Trimming the Cakes. Hydraulic Operative Equip¬ 
ment. The Treatment of the Oil from the Press to the Consumer. Preparation 
of the Cake for the Market. Oil Yield and Output. Shrinkage in Production 
Cost of Production. Operation and Equipment of Typical Mills. Other 
Methods of Manufacturing. The Seed Crop. The Seed Trade. Chemical 
Characteristics of Linseed Oil. Boiled Oil. Refined and Special Oils. The 
Linseed Oil Market. The Feeding of Oil Cake. Miscellaneous Seed Oils. The 
Cotton-seed Industry; Glossary. 

The book is clearly written, and is noticeable for the free use of simple 
mathematical formulae to exactly express the working of operations and con¬ 
ditions. Precise figures are almost everywhere given, and the treatise is 
the most complete and exhaustive on the subject which has yet appeared. 

FRIEND, J. NEWTON. The Chemistry of Linseed Oil. -dd £6 

(Van Nostrand's Chemical Monographs.) $1.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; The Manufacture of Linseed Oil; The Chief Con¬ 
stituents of Linseed Oil; Properties and Reactions of Linseed Oil; The Chem¬ 
istry of Linseed Oil and Linoxyn; Polymerised and Oxidised Oils; Bibliography 
and Notes. 

explained. 58 ill., 5^x8^, 324 pp. $2.00 

GREGORIUS, R. Mineral Waxes, Their Preparation and Uses. Trans, by 

C. Salter. 32 ill., 534x7^, 247 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Ozokerite and Ceresine; Paraffin; Mineral (Montan) Wax; Va¬ 
rious Appliances for Extracting, Distilling, and Refining Ozokerite, Etc.; Uses 
of Ceresine, Paraffin, and Mineral Wax. 

HURST, GEORGE H. Lubricating Oils, Fats and Greases. Their origin, 

preparation, properties, uses, and analysis. Third Edition, Revised and 
Enlarged, by Henry Leask. 74 ill., 5^x8^, 405 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Hydrocarbon Oils. Scotch Shale Oils. Petroleum' 
Vegetable and Animal Oils. Testing and Adulteration of Oils. Lubricating Greases: 
Lubrication: Under Ordinary Atmospheric Conditions; at High Temperatures: 
of Internal Explosion Engines. Tables and Recipes. 

HYDE, FREDERIC S. Solvents, Oils, Gums, Waxes and Allied Substances. 

s T A x sy 2> 182 pp. $2.00 


OILS , FATS AND WAXES 


35 


CONTENTS: Various Solvents and Fluids. Camphors, Essential Oils and Bal¬ 
sams. True Gums, Gum Resins and Bitumens. Carbohydrates. Albuminoids and 
Proteids. Oils and Fats. Comparisons of Oils and Fats. Linseed Oil. Insolu¬ 
ble Soaps. Fatty Acids. Waxes. Alkaloidal Substances. Bitter Principles. 
Miscellaneous Substances. 

These notes are intended for the use of factory chemists and others who may 
desire a short reference book on commercial organic products. The subject- 
matter has been compiled from various sources and purposely condensed to 
render it the more accessible. Reference is made to well-known authorities 
throughout the text. Only those methods and tests which seemed reliable in 
the hands of the writer have been selected, limiting the descriptions to the 
salient features in each case. 

Practical Compounding of OILS, TALLOW AND GREASE, for Lubrication, etc. 

Bv an expert oil refiner. Second Edition. 5 j 4 x 8 j 4 , 103 pp. $ 3.50 
CONTENTS: Hydrocarbon; Animal, Fish, Compound, Vegetable and Lamp 

Oils; Engine Tallow; Solidified Oils; Petroleum Jellies; Machinery Greases; 
Clarifying and Utilizing Waste Fats, Oils, Tank Bottoms, Drainings of Barrels 
and Drums, Pickingsup, Dregs, etc.; Fixing and Cleaning Oil Tanks; General 
Information. 

SCHEITHAUER, W. Shale Oils and Tars and Their Products. Translated 
from the German by Chas. Salter. 74 ill., 5^x8^, 190 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: History of the Shale and Lignite-Tar Industry; Bituminous Raw 
Materials; Production of Distillation Tar; Distillation Products; Distillation of 
the Tar and Tar Oils; Chemical Treatment of the Tar and Its Distillates; Util¬ 
ization of Refinery Waste; Manufacture of Paraffin; Products Furnished by 
Shale Oil and Lignite Tar; Candlemaking; Chemical Composition of the Tars 
and Their Distillates; Laboratory Work; Statistics. 

SHERRIFF, FRANK F. The Oil Merchants' Manual and Oil Trade Ready 
Reckoner. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. $ l / 2 x 8 } 4 , 215 pp. 

$ 3.50 

SIMMONS, W. H. Fats, Waxes and Essential Oils. 5^2 x8^. (Industrial 
Chemistry Series.) In Press 

SIMMONS, W. H., and MITCHELL, C. A. Edible Fats and Oils. Their 

composition, manufacture and analysis. Ill., x 8 ^ 4 , 164 pp. $ 3.50 
(Mr. Simmons is lecturer on soap manufacture at the Battersea Polytechnic.) 
CONTENTS: Raw Materials Used in the Manufacture, Refining, Bleaching and 
Deodorizing; Butter; Lard; Margarine and Other Butter Substitutes: Salad Oils; 
Analysis of Raw Materials and Finished Products; Statistics of the Trade in Edible 
Oils. 

S 0 UTHC 0 MBE, J. E. Chemistry of the Oil Industries. Ill., 6x9, cloth, 
2°9 pp. (Outlines of Industrial Chemistry.) $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Introductory Organic Chemistry. Mineral Oils. Petroleum and 
Shale-Mineral Oil Refining. Natural Sources and Methods of Preparation of Sapon¬ 
ifiable Oils and Fats. Impurities Occurring in Crude Oils and Fats and the Technical 
Methods of Removing Them. Composition and Properties of the Saponifiable 
Oils and Fats in General. Composition and Properties of the Individual Oils and 
Fats of Commercial Importance. The Natural Waxes, Their Composition and 
Properties. Analytical Methods. Industrial Applications of Fats and Oils. Burn¬ 
ing Oils. Edible Oils and Margarines. Polymerised, Boiled and Blown Oils. Tur¬ 
key-Red Oils. Saponification of Fats and Oils on a Technical Scale. The Dis¬ 
tillation of jFatty Acids. Oleines and Stearines. Candle Manufacture. Soap- 
Making. Glycerine. Conclusion. Scientific and Technical Research on Problems 
in the Oil and Related Industries Literature. 


36 


PAINTS, COLORS, VARNISHES 

ANDES, LOUIS E. Iron Corrosion, Anti-Fouling and Anti-Corrosive Paints. 

Translated from the German by Charles Salter. Second Edition, re¬ 
vised and enlarged by H. B. Stocks. 62 ill., 5^2 x 8^4, 308 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: See page 131. 

BERSCH, J. Manufacture of Mineral and Lake Pigments. Containing 

directions for the manufacture of all artificial artists’ and painters' 
colors, enamel colors, soot and metallic pigments. Translated from 
the Second Revised Edition by Arthur C. Wright. 43 ill., 476 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Physico-chemical Behavior of Pigments; Raw Materials Used in 
the Manufacture of Pigments; Assistant Materials; Metallic Compounds; The 
Manufacture of Various Mineral Pigments; Manufacture of Pigments of Or¬ 
ganic Origin; Water Colors; Crayons; Confectionery Colors; Preparation of 
Pigments for Painting; Examination of Mineral! Pigments; Examination of 
Lakes; Testing Dye Woods; Design of a Color Works; Commercial Names 
of Pigments. 

FLEURY, P. The Preparation and Uses of White Zinc Paints. Translated 
from the French by Donald Grant. 32 tables, 5 x 7*4, 179 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Painting on Woodwork. Better Class Painting on Woodwork 
Painting on Plaster, on Mortar, and on Soft and Porous Ceilings; Hints on Painting 
with White Zinc; Testing Commercial Zinc Whites; The Experiments on the Dutch 
Commission Officially Entrusted to Make Comparative Trials between White Lead 
and White Zinc; Results and Criticisms of the Experiments of the Dutch Commis¬ 
sion; Final Report of October 5, 1909; Manufacture and Different Treatments of 
White Zinc—Its Modifications and Improvements; The Legislative History of White 
Zinc Paint; Legislation. Methods of Qualitative Analysis. Examination of Paints; 
Fixed and Essential; Oils; Waxes; Formula for Encaustic and Waterproof Paints; 
Analysis of Paints; White Paints; White Lead and White Zinc; Blacks; Red 
Pigments; Carmine and Lakes; Yellow Colors; Green and Blue Pigments; Brown 
Colors; Binders or Liquids; Testing Preservation and Improvement of Varnishes 
by Aging; Analysis of Yellow and White Wax; Selected Furniture Polish Recipe- 
Normal Polish for Floors, Parquets and Woodwork; Virgin Wax Polish for Flatting 
of Paints or Polishing of Varnishes; Formula for a Waterproof Composition for 
Plaster and Stone and Damp Walls; Special and More Economical Formula for 
Waterproofing Plaster. 

FURNELL, J. Students’ Handbook of Paints, Colors, Oils and Varnishes. 

Hb, 5/4 x 7 tt’ 94 PP- Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Plant Necessary for Making Lemon and Middle Chromes; 
Chromes; The Making of Chinese, Prussian, and Other Blue Pigments; The 
Making of Emerald Green and Its Substitutes; Earth Colors or Pigments; 
Brown and Black Pigments; Reds; Lakes; Lead Compounds; White Pigments; 
Barytes ar.d Whitening; Painter’s Oils; Turpentine; Oil Varnishes; Spirit Var¬ 
nishes. Polishes and Stains; Liquid Paints; Enamel Paints; Questions. 

GARDNER, HENRY A. Paint Researches and Their Practical Applications. 

155 ill., 6x9, 363 pp. $5.00 

(Author is Director Scientific Section, Paint Manufacturers Association of the 
U. S., Assistant Director the Institute of Industrial Research, Washington, D. C.) 
CONTENTS: Growth of the Prepared Paint Industry and Its Relation to the 
Work of the Painter; White Pigment Industry; Physical Characteristics of Pig¬ 
ments and Paints; Tests of Lithopone; Washington Paint Oil Tests; Paint Pro¬ 
tection for Portland-Cement Surfaces; Paints to Prevent Electrolysis in Concrete 
Structures; Paints for Metal; Marine Paints; Arlington Paint Tests; Observa¬ 
tions on Painted Lumber; Impregnated Panel Tests; Fire Retardant Paints for 
Shingles and Other Wooden Structures; Composition of Paint Vapors; Toxic and 



PAINTS, COLORS AND VARNISHES 


37 


Antiseptic Properties of Paints; Light-Reflecting Values of White and Colored 
Paints; Formation and Inhibition of Mildew in Paints; Fungi on Painted Sur¬ 
faces ; Changes Occurring in Oils and Paste Paints, Due to Autohydrolysis of the 
Glycerides; Effect of Pigments Upon the Constants of Linseed Oil; Storage 
Changes in Vegetable and Animal Oils; Paint Dryers and Their Application; 
Miscellaneous Oil Investigations; Application of Paints and Finishes to Wood. 
This collected information represents the results of many years of careful 
investigation to determine the usefulness of various materials which find 
employment in the manufacture of paint and will serve as a guide to those 
desiring to be abreast of the work on the technology of paint. 

HALL, C. H. Chemistry of Paints and Paint Vehicles. Ill., x 140 pp. 

$ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Determination of the Elementary Constituents of Paints; Raw 
Materials; Properties, Tests, and Methods of Analysis; Analysis of Dry Colors, 
Pastes, and Liquid Paints; Matching of Samples; Paint Vehicles. Oils, Varnishes, 
Japans and Driers; Thinners. 

The author has attempted to sift from the great mass of analytical chemistry 
those methods which apply particularly to the analysis of paints, at the same 
time calling attention to the most important physical characteristics of the raw 
materials. This book, being written from the standpoint of a chemist, em¬ 
ployed in the manufacture of paints and colors, the chapter on Matching Sam¬ 
ples has been included in an attempt to bridge the space between the laboratory 
and the factory. It is here that so often the results of previous analysis are 
rendered worthless by being placed in the hands of one who does not under¬ 
stand their interpretation nor the composition of the raw materials which he 
is using. 

HOFF, J. N. Paint and Varnish Facts and Formulas. A handbook for the 
maker, dealer, and user of paints and varnishes. Containing over 600 
recipes. 6x9, cloth, 179 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: White Paints and Pigments; The Oxides of Iron; The Chemical 
Colors; Classification of Pigments; Colors in Oil, Japan and Water; Oils and 
Solvents; Varnishes; Ready Mixed Paints; ICalsomines; Paint and Varnish 
Troubles and Their Remedies; Painting and Decorating; Formulas. 

HURST, G. H. Dictionary of Chemicals and Raw Products Used in the 
Manufacture of Paints, Colors, Varnishes and Allied Preparations. 

Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, by H. B. Stocks. 6 x 8 ^ 4 , 

378 pp. $5.00 

JENNINGS, ARTHUR S. Commercial Paints and Painting. A handbook for 
architects, engineers, property owners, painters and decorators, etc. 
5M x 8 / 4 , 2 36 pp- (Van Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) $2.50 

CONTENTS: Object of Painting; Durability of Paint; Cost of Cheap and Su¬ 
perior Paints Compared; Cost of Keeping Property Painted; Specifying Paints; 
The Materials Used in Painting; Conditions which Determine the Economic 
Value of the Paint; Simple Tests for Painters’ Materials; The Paint Most Suit¬ 
able for Different Surfaces; How Paint and Varnish Should be Applied; Paint 
and Color Mixing; Tools and Plant; Defects in Painters’ Work; Specifications 
for Painters’ and Decorators’ Work; Painting by Mechanical Means. 

JENNIS 0 N, F. H. The Manufacture of Lake Pigments from Artificial 
Colors. A useful handbook for color manufacturers, dyters, ccdor 
chemists, paint manufacturers, drysalters, wallpaper-makers, enamel 
and surface-paper makers. New Edition in Press 

CONTENTS: The Groups of the Artificial Coloring Matters; Nature and 

Manipulation of Artificial Colors; Lake Forming Bodies for Acid Colors; Lake 
Forming Bodies’ Basic Colors; Lake Bases; Principles of Lake Formation ; 


38 


PAINTS, COLORS AND VARNISHES 


Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet and Black Lakes; Insoluble Azo Colors; 
Washing, Filtering and Finishing; Matching and Testing. 

JONES, M. W. The Testing and Valuation of Raw Materials Used in Paint 
and Color Manufacture. 5x7^, cloth, 88 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Compounds of: Aluminum; Iron; Potassium; Chromium; Tin; 
Copper ; Lead; Zinc; Arsenic; Antimony; Calcium ; Barium ; Cadmium ; Mer¬ 
cury ; Cobalt; Carbon; China Clay; Ultramarine ; Oils. 

McINTOSH, J. G. Manufacture of Varnishes and Kindred Industries. 

Based on and including the “Drying Oils and Varnishes,” of Ach. 
Livache. (In Three Volumes.) 

Vol. I. The Crushing, Refining and Boiling of Linseed Oil and Other 
Varnish Oils. Third Edition , Revised and Enlarged. 114 ill., 5^2 x 
8^, 506 pp. ^ $ 7.00 

CONTENTS: Historical Note: Properties of Drying Oils; Production of Linseed 
Oil; Composition of Linseed Oil; Refining and Bleaching Linseed Oil; Chemical 
Reaction of Linseed Oil; Linseed Oil Fatty Acids; Testing of Linseed Oil; The 
Physical Properties of Linseed Oil; The Adulteration of Linseed Oil; The Tech¬ 
nical Chemistry of Linseed Oil; Technical Chemistry of Linseed Oil and the 
Manufacture of Blown Oils and Linoleum; The' Technical Chemistry of Linseed 
Oil; Time of Drying and Chemistry of Drying Process; Boiled Oil; Durability 
of Paint; Drying Oils Other Than Linseed Oil. 

Vol. II., Varnish Materials and Oil Varnish Making. Ill., 5^x 8 j 4 > 
cloth, 216 pp. 1 Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Amber and Amber Oil Varnishes; Asphaltum; Coal Tar, Bone 
and Stearine Pitch; India Rubber; Gutta Percha; Paraffin Wax; Cleaning, 
Assorting and Fusing Resins; Oil Varnish Making; Copal Oil Varnishes: Kauri 
Copal Varnishes; Brunswick Black; Super Black Japan; Testing Varnish; 
Utilization of Residues; Utilization of Varnish Makers’ Waste Products. 

Vol. III., Spirit Varnishes and Spirit Varnish Materials. 64 ill., 
5/4 x 8 j 4 , 49 2 PP- Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Solvents. Characteristics of Spirit Varnish Solvents. Sources 
Preparation, and use of Various Solvents. Alcohol, Ether, and Ethereal Salts, 
Oleo-Resinous Pine Products—Terpenes—Camphors. The Oleo-Resiniferou 
Comfiers. Sources and Methods of Obtaining Turpentine. Distillation of Tur¬ 
pentine. Testing and Substitutes, Distillation and Chemistry of Resin. Rosin 
Spirit—Rosin Oil. Chemistry of the Terpenses. Wood Tar, Wood Turpentine/Wood 
Creosote, etc. Spirit Varnish.Resins and Coloring Matters.' Benzoin-. Dam¬ 
mar, Kauri, etc. Dragons’ Blood. Japanese, Chinese and Burmese Lacquers. Manilla 
Copal. Shellac. Colors and Stains. Methods of Manufacture. Principles of 
Spirit Varnish Manufacture. Amber and Asphaltum, Collodion, and Celluloid Spirit 
Varnishes. Copal Spirit Varnishes, Dammar Spirit Varnishes. India-Rubber Insu¬ 
lating, Mastic, and Matter Spirit Varnishes. Rosin Spirit Varnishes. Spirit Var¬ 
nishes, Analysis and Testing. Technical Valuation. The Determination of the 
Resms and Solvents in Spirit Varnishes. 


PARRY, E. J., and COSTE, J. H. Chemistry of Pigments. Ill., 6x8^2, 
288 PP- $5 00 

CONTENTS: Uses of Pigments; Methods of Application of Pigments; Inor¬ 
ganic Pigments; Organic Pigments. 


PETIT, G. The Manufacture and Comparative Merits of White Lead and 
Zinc White Paints. Translated from the French by D. Grant, c x yV 2 . 

I0 3 PP- ' $2 00 

CONTENTS: Fundamental Principles of Painting in Oil; Basis, Coloring Prin- 
aple, Vehude, Thinners, Driers; The Different Varieties of White Lead - Methods 
?xruC an T Ufa< i t c re 1 ; 9 ther Processes (than Dutch) of Manufacturing White Lead • 
White Lead Substitute? ; Sophistication of White Lead; Analysis of White Lead ; 


PAINTS, COLORS, VARNISHES 


39 


Merits and Defects of White Lead Paints; Toxicology of White Lead; Zinc 
White, Its History and Preparation; Grinding of Zinc White to a Stiff Paste 
in Oil; Livache’s Law as to Ratio of Oil to Pigment; Packing and Packages 
and Storage, Gross and Net Weights; Zinc White Paint and Zinc White Coat¬ 
ings ; Their Merits and Defects. 

Recipes for the COLOR, PAINT, VARNISH, OIL, SOAP AND DRYSALTERY 
TRADES. Compiled by an analytical chemist. Second Edition, Re¬ 
vised and Enlarged. 6x9, 330 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Pigments or Colors for Paints, Lithographic and Letterpress 

Printing Inks, etc.; Mixed Paints, Paint Removers and Preparations for Paint 
Making, Painting, Lime Washing, Paper Hanging, etc.; Varnishes for Decorators, 
Coach Builders, Cabinet Makers, Woodworkers, Metal Workers, Photographers, 
etc.; Soaps for Toilet, Cleansing, Polishing, etc.; Perfumes; Lubricating Greases, 
Oils, etc.; Cements, Pastes, Glues and Other Adhesive Preparations; Writing, 
Marking, Endorsing, Stencil and Other Inks, Sealing Wax and Other Requisites; 
Preparations for the Laundry, Kitchen, Stable and General Household Uses; 
Disinfectant Preparations and Sheep Dips; Leather Greases, Vanishes, Dressings, 
Polishes, etc.; Miscellaneous Preparations. 

SCHWEIZER, V. Distillation of Resins, Resinate Lakes and Pigments. 

Carbon pigments and pigments for typewriting machines, manifolders, 
etc. 68 ill.,. 6 x 8 ^ 4 , 191 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Resins and Their Employment for Production of Chemical Pro¬ 
ducts; Rosin; Hard Resins; Distillation of Hard Resins; Manufacture of Illum¬ 
inating Gas from Rosin; Dry Distillation of Rosin; Rosin Oils; Nature of Crude 
Products; Rectification of Rosin Oil; Manufacture of Patent Lubricants; Rosin 
Soaps or Resinates; Manufacture of Resinate Varnishes; Of Lampblack and 
Lampblack Pigments; Lampblack Chambers; Of Printing Inks; Other Lampblack 
Inks; Inks for Typewriting Machines. 

SMITH, J. C. The Manufacture of Paint. A practical handbook for paint 
manufacturers, merchants and painters. Second Revised and En¬ 
larged Edition. 80 ill., $ l / 2 x8^, 285 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Scope of Subject and Definition of Terms; Sorting, Handling, 
Testing, and \ aluation of Raw Material; Paint and Machinery; The Grinding 
of: White Pigments, Earth Pigments, Oxide of Iron Pigments, Black Pigments, 
Chemical Pigments, Pigments in Water, Turpentine, Gold-Size, and Special Me¬ 
diums; Mixed or Prepared Paints; Enamels and Enamel Paints; Modern Condi¬ 
tions Which Affect the Selection and Application of Paint; Designing, Testing and 
Matching Paints; Economic and General Considerations. 

T 0 CH, MAXIMILIAN. The Chemistry and Technology of Paints. Second 
Edition , Revised and Enlarged. 83 photomicrographic plates and other 
illustrations, 6]/ 2 xg%, 366 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction. The Manufacture of Mixed Paints. The White 
Pigments: White Lead, Sulphate of Lead, Sublimed White Lead, Standard Zinc 
Lead White, Ozark White, Zinc Oxid, Zinox, Lithopone. The Oxides of Lead: 
Litharge, Red Lead, Blue Lead. The Red Pigments: Venetian Reds, Indian 
Red, Permanent Vermilion, Helio Fast Red, Lithol Red. The Brown Pigments: 
American Burnt Sienna, Italian Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Burnt Ochre, 
Prince’s Metallic or Princess Mineral Brown, Vandyke Brown. The Yellow 
Pigments: American Yellow Ochre, French Yellow Ochre, Chrome Yellow, Chro¬ 
mate of Zinc. The Blue Pigments: Ultramarine Blue, Artificial Cobalt Blue, 
Prussian Blue. _ The Green Pigments: Chrome Green, Chromium Oxid, Green 
Aniline Lakes, Zinc Green, Verte Antique (Copper Green). The Black Pigments: 
Lampblack, Carbon Black, Graphite, Charcoal, Vine Black, Coal, Ivory Black, 
Drop Black, Black Toner, Benzol Black, Acetylene Black, Mineral Black. The 
Inert Fillers and Extenders: Barytes, Artificial Barium Sulphate, Barium Car- 





40 


PAINTS, COLORS , VARNISHES—INKS 


bonate, Silicia, Infusorial Earth, Kieselguhr, Fuller’s Earth, Clay, Asbestine, As¬ 
bestos, Calcium Carbonate, White Mineral Primer, Marble Dust, Spanish White, 
Artificial Calcium Carbonate, Gypsum. Mixed, Paints: Anti-fouling and Ship’s 
Bottom Paints, Concrete or Portland Cement Paints, Paint Containing Portland 
Cement, Damp Resisting Paints, Enamel Paints, Flat Wall Paints, Floor Paints, 
Shingle Stain and Shingle Paint. Linseed Oil: Linseed Oil, Standard Specifica¬ 
tions, American Society for Testing Materials for Linseed Oil, U. S. Navy De¬ 
partment Specifications for Linseed Oil, Stand Oil, Japanner’s Prussian Brown 
Oil. Chinese Wood Oil: Chinese Wood Oil, A Method for the Detection of 
Adulteration of China Wood Oils, Standard Specifications American Society for 
Testing Materials for Purity of Raw Chinese Wood Oil. Soya Bean Oil. Fish 
Oil. Miscellaneous Oils: Herring Oil, Corn Oil. Turpentine: Turpentine, Wood 
Turpentine, Standard Specifications American Society for Testing Materials for 
Turpentine, U. S. Navy Department Specifications for Turpentine. Pine Oil. 
Benzine. Turpentine Substitutes: Benzol, Toluol, Xylol, Solvent Napthia. Cobalt 
Driers. Combining Mediums and Water: Combining Mediums, Water in the 
Composition of Mixed Paints. Fine Grinding. The Influence of Sunlight on 
Paints and Varnishes. Paint Vehicles as Protective Agents Against Corrosion. 
The Electrolytic Corrosion of Structural Steel. Pointers 1 Hygiene. The Growth 
of Fungi on Paint. Analysis of Paint Materials: White Lead, Basic Lead Sul¬ 
phate, Zinc Lead, Zinc Oxid, Lithopone, Red Lead and Orange Mineral, Iron 
Oxids, Umbers and Siennas, Mercury Vermilion, Chrome Yellows and Oranges, 
Chrome Greens, Prussian Blue, Ultra-marine, Black Pigments, Graphite, Blanc 
Fixe, Whiting, Gypsum or Calcium Sulphate, Silica, Asbestine, Clay, Barytes, 
Barium Carbonate, Mixed White Paints, White Pigments, Pa'ints Rosin, Rosin 
Oils, Oils, Appendix. 

TOCH, MAXIMILIAN. Materials for Permanent Painting. A manual for 
manufacturers, art dealers, artists, and collectors. 8 plates, one col¬ 
ored, 5x734, 208 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: History of Painting. Pigments Used by the Ancients. Synopia> 
the Search for the Masters’ Secret. Photo-Chemical Deterioration of Oil Paint¬ 
ings. Cause of the Cracking of Paintings and the Remedies. Canvas, wood and 
Metal as Foundations. Preparation of Canvas in Commercial Practice. Reno¬ 
vation and Cleaning of Pictures. The School of Impressionism. Volatile 
Solvents. Picture Varnishes. Driers. Linseed Oil and Other Drying Oils. 
Classification of Pigments and their Description. The Permanent Colors. Pig¬ 
ments Dangerous to Health. Pigments Affected by Coal Smoke, etc. Water 
in Tube Colors. Pigments which are Permanent, etc. Pigments which Dry 
Slowly. The failure of Sir J. Reynolds’ Paintings. 

An effort to show in plain language what the painter shall do with reference 
to his colors and materials upon which he paints to produce paintings that will 
not deteriorate with age or exposure to light. The author shows, popular 
belief notwithstanding, that the science of making colors is not lost and that 
the ancient painters and great masters were so successful not because their 
materials were superior to those used and made to-day, but because they 
knew how to use their inferior materials properly. This is a simple exposi¬ 
tion of the chemistry of colors for the non-chemist. 

WRIGHT, A. C. Simple Method for Testing Painters’ Materials. Ill., 

S T A x 7/ / 2> 160 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Apparatus; Reagents. Practical Tests. Dry Colors; Stiff Paints; 
Liquid and Enamel Paints; Oil Varnishes; Spirit Varnishes; Driers; Putty; 
Linseed Oil; Turpentine; Water Stains. Chemical Examination. Dry Colors 
and Paints; White, Yellow, Blue. Green, Red, Brown, and Black Pigments and 
Paints; Oil Varnishes; Spirit Varnishes; Linseed Oil; Turpentine, 

INKS 


LEHNER, S. Ink Manufacture. Including writing, copying, lithographic, 
marking, stamping and laundry inks. Translated from the German 



INKS —SOAPS 


41 


of the Fifth Edition by A. Morris and H. Robson. Ill., 5 

174 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Varieties of Ink; Writing Inks; Raw Materials of Tannin Inks; 
Chemical Constitution of the Tannin Inks; Recipes for Tannin Inks; Logwood 
Tannin Inks; Ferric Inks; Alizarine; Extract, Logwood, Copying Inks; Hekto- 
graphs; Hektograph and Safety Inks; Ink Extracts and Powders; Preserving 
Inks; Changes in Ink and the Restoration of Faded Writing; Colored Inks— 
Red, Blue, Violei, Yellow, Green, Metallic and Indian; Lithographic Inks and 
Pencils; Ink Pencils; Marking Inks; Ink Specialties; Sympathetic Inks; Stamp¬ 
ing Inks; Laundry or Washing Blue. 

SEYMOUR, ALFRED. Modern Printing* Inks. A practical handbook for 
printing ink manufacturers and printers. Ill., 8vo, 90 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Linseed Oil; Varnish; Dry Colors; Black, Whites, Yellows, Reds, 

Browns, Blues, Greens, Lakes; The Grinding of Printing Inks; Inks and Color 
Mixing; The Characteristics of Some Printing Processes; Driers; Bronze Pow¬ 
ders and Bronzing; Things Worth Knowing. 

UNDERWOOD, NORMAN, and SULLIVAN, THOMAS V. The Chemistry 
and Technology of Printing Inks. 9 ill., 6x9, 145 pp. $ 3.00 

(Authors are chief and assistant chief, respectively, of the ink making division 
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, United States Treasury Department.) 
CONTENTS: Introduction. Testing of Materials. Laboratory Apparatus; 

Methods of Analysis; Physical Tests of Pigments. Manufacture and Properties 
of Ink-Making Materials. Reds; Blues; Yellows; Greens; Oranges; Russets; 
Citrines; Blacks; Dilutents; Bases; Organic Lakes; Oils; Typographic Varnishes, 
Reducers; Driers. The Manufacture of Printing Inks. General Considerations; 
Explanation of Terms; Printing Inks; Plate Inks; Typographic Inks; Defects 
of Inks and Their Remedies. 

A brief and practical, yet scientifically correct exposition of the many facts 
concerning the raw materials and finished products used in the industry. 
Only the most recent methods of manufacture are presented, and descriptions 
of the materials that have been found useful in the art are clearly and con¬ 
cisely described. 


SOAPS . 

HURST, G. H. Soaps. A practical manual of the manufacture of domestic, 
toilet and other soaps. 66 ill., 6x8^4, 385 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Soap Makers’ Alkalies; Soap Fats and Oils; Perfumes; Water as 
a Soap Material; Soap Machinery; Technology of Soap Making; Glycerine in 
Soap-lyes; Laying Out a Soap Factory; Soap Analysis. 

HURST,-GEORGE H., and SIMMONS, W. H. Textile Soaps and Oils. A 

handbook on the preparation, properties, and analyses of the soaps and 
oils used in textile manufacturing, dyeing and printing. Second Edi¬ 
tion, Revised and Partly Rewritten. 11 ill., 5 >4 20 4 PP‘ $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Textile Soaps. Introductory; Methods of Making Soaps; Special 
Textile Soaps; Relation of Soap to Water for Industrial Purposes; Treating 
Waste Soap Liquors: Soap Analysis. Animal and Vegetable Oils and Fats. Tal¬ 
low, Lard, Bone Grease, Tallow Oil, Lard Oil, Whale Oil or Train Oil; Palm 
Oil, Palm-Nut or Palm-Kernel Oil, Cocoa-Nut Oil, Olive Oil, Arachis Oil, Cotton- 
Seed Oil, Soya-Bean Oil, Linseed Oil, Castor Oil, Maize (Corn) Oil, Rape Oil. 
Glycerine. Textile Oils. Wool Oils, Oleines, Wool Oils, Oleic Acid, Blended 
Wool Oils, Oils for Cotton-Dyeing, Printing and Finishing, Color Oil, Turkey- 
Red Oils, Turkey-Red Oil. Alizarine Oil, Oleine, Oxy-Turkey-Red Oils, Soluble 
Oil, Analysis of Turkey-Red Oil; Finishers’ Soluble Oil, Finishers’ Soap Soften¬ 
ings, Oil and Fat Analysis. 

The work that soao has to do, and the objects for which it is employed in 



42 


COS ME TICS—PERFUMES 


the textile industries vary greatly, and this work describes not only the 
preparation of the various soaps but also the special features of the most 
suitable soaps for each of these purposes. 

LAMBORN, L. L. Modern Soaps, Candles, and Glycerin. A practical manual 
of modern methods of utilization of fats and oils in the manufacture 
of soaps and candles, and the recovery of glycerin. 228 ill. 6^2 x g 1 /^, 
cloth, 708 pp. $7.50 

CONTENTS: The Soap Industry; Raw Materials of Soap Making;; Bleaching 
and Purification of Soap Stock; Chemical Characteristics; Mechanical Equip¬ 
ment of a Factory; Cold-Process and Semi-Boiled Soap; Grained Soap; Settled 
Rosined Soap; Milled Soap Base; Floating Soap; Shaving Soaps; Medicated 
Soap; Essentia! Oils and Soap Perfumery; Milled Soap; Candles; Glycerin; 
Examination of Raw Materials and Factory Products. 

SIMMONS, W. H., and APPLETON, H. A. Handbook of Soap Manufacture. 

27 ill., 524 x 824 , 167 pp. 4.00 

CONTENTS: Definition of Soap; Properties; Hydrolysis; Detergent Action; 
Constitution of Oils and Fats, and Their Saponification; Raw Materials Used in 
Soap-Making; Bleaching and Treatment of Raw Materials Intended for Soap- 
Making; Soap-Making; Treatment of Settled Soap; Toilet, Textile, and Miscel¬ 
laneous Soaps; Soap Perfumes; Glycerine Manufacture and Purification; Anal¬ 
ysis of Raw Materials, Soap, and Glycerine; Statistics of the Soap Industry; 
Comparison of Degrees, Twaddell and Baume, with Actual Densities; Com¬ 
parison of Different Thermometric Scales; Table of the Specific Gravities of 
Solutions of Caustic Soda; Table of Strength of Caustic Potash Solution to 
6o° F. 

WATT, A. Art of Soapmaking. A practical handbook of the manufacture 
of hard and soft soaps, toilet soaps, etc. Seventh Edition, Revised and 
Enlarged. 43 ill., 554 x 323 pp. $4.00 

CONTENTS: The Soap Factory; Materials Used in Soap Making; Caustic 
Lyes; Manufacture of Hard Soaps; Cold Process of Manufacture; Oleic Acid; 
Cheapened Soaps; Disinfecting Soaps; Saponification Under Pressure; Various 
Processes; Manufacture of Soft Soaps; Of Toilet Soaps; Medicated Soaps; 
Miscellaneous Soaps and Processes; Alkalimetry; Soap Analysis; Purifying and 
Bleaching Oils and Fats; Recovery of the Glycerine from Waste or Spent Lyes ; 
Useful Notes and Tables; Modern Candle Making, 

COSMETICS, PERFUMES 

ROLLER, T. Cosmetics. A handbook of the manufacture, employment 
and testing of all cosmetic materials and cosmetic specialties. Trans¬ 
lated from the German by Charles Salter. 5^4 x J l / 2 , 269 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Purposes, Uses and Ingredients of Cosmetics; Preparation of 
Perfumes; Chemical and Animal Products Used in the Manufacture of Cos¬ 
metics; Oils and Fats Used; General Preparations; Mouth-Washes and Tooth 
Pastes; Preparations for the Hair; Antiseptic Washes and Soaps; Preparations 
for the Skin, etc.; Testing the Materials Used in Making Cosmetics. 

PARRY, ERNEST J. The Chemistry of Essential Oils and Artificial Perfumes. 

In two volumes. Ill., 6 ]/ 2 x 10. 

Vol. I. Monographs on Essential Oils. Third Edition, Revised and 
Enlarged . 52 ill., 532 pp. $9.00 

CONTENTS: Jungermanniaceae; Coniferae; N. O. Gramineae; Palmae; N. O. 
Liliaceae; Amaryllidaceae ; Irideae; Zingiberaceae; Piperaceae ; Cannabinaceae ; 
Jublandaceae; Myricaceae; Salicineae; Urticaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Lauraceae; 
Myristiceae; Monimiaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Santalaceae; Aristolochiaceae; Lab- 



GLUES—GELATINES 


43 


iatate Verbanaceae; Convolvulaceae ; Primulaceae; Rubiaceae; Oleaceae ;Ericaceae; 
Valerianaceae ; Compositac ; Umbelliferae ; Myrtaceae ; Rosaceae ; Calcanthaceae ; 
Rutaceae; Zgophyllaceae ; Anacardiaceae ; Burseraceae ; Leguminosae ; Gerania- 
ceae; Tropaleolaceae; Meliaceae; Cruciferae; Magnoliaceae; Anonaceae; Pittos- 
poreaceaoe; Hamamelidacee; Cistineae; Resedaceae; Turneraceae; Canellaceae; 
Dipterocarpaceae ; Theaceae; Malvaceae; Ranunculaceae. 

Vol. II. Constituents of Essential Oils, Synthetic Perfumes and Isolated 
Aromatics, and the Analysis of Essential Oils. Third Edition, Revised 
and Enlarged. Ill., 351 pp. $ 7.00 

CONTENTS: The Essential Oil in the Plant; The Constituents of Essential Oils 
and Synthetic Perfume Bodies; The Analysis of Essential Oils; Oil of Achillea 
Millefolium; Oil of Ammoniacum, etc. 

GLUES AND GELATINE 

EERNBACH, R. L. Glue and Gelatine. A practical treatise on the methods 
of testing and use. 53/2 x8, 218 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Classification and Testing of Glues; Analysis of Glues and Gela¬ 
tines; Substitutes; Foreign Glues; Selection of Glues for Various Industries; 
How Glue Should he Used; Commercial and Legal Aspects; Manufacturing 
Receipts; Analytical Methods. 

This work differs from previous works on the subject, in that it is written 
from the standpoint of the glue consumer and not of the glue manufacturer; 
manufacturing methods are dealt with only insofar as they affect glue testing; 
the test methods given are those employed by the manufacturers in grading 
glues and assigning their price; it presents an exhaustive comparison of the 
merits of domestic and foreign glues, and it deals extensively with the com¬ 
mercial and legal aspects of the subject. 

RIDEAL, S, Glue and Glue Testing. Second Edition, Revised and En¬ 
larged. 14 ill., 524 x 8 ] 4 , 194 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Constitution and Properties. Preparation of Pure Gelatine; Clas¬ 
sification of Glues; Grades and Varieties. Raw Materials and Manufacture. 
Vacuum Pans and Multiple Effect Evaporators; Bone Glue; Acid Process; 
Sulphurous Acid Process; Crushed or Powdered Glues; Other Products of Glue 
Manufacture; Color of Glues and Gelatines; Ways of Removing Color. Uses 
of Glue. Paper Making; Bookbinding; Glue in Match Manufacture; Glue and 
Gelatine in Substitutes for Other Materials. Gelatine. Gelatine in Photography; 
Specially Prepared Glues; Tanno-Gelatine; Chrome Glue; Flaked Gelatine; Col¬ 
ored Papers; Formo-Gelatine; Puncture Fluids for Pneumatic Tires; Culinary 
Gelatine; Isinglass; Medicinal and Other Uses. Glue Testing. Chemical Ex¬ 
amination; Physical Tests. Commercial Aspects. 

SCHERER, R. Casein. Its Preparation and Technical Utilization. Trans¬ 
lated from the German by Charles Salter. Second Edition, Revised 
and Enlarged. Ill., 5^4 x 83/2, 196 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Casein; Its Origin, Preparation and Properties; Various Methods 
of Preparing It; Its Composition; Casein Plants; Technics of Casein Painting; 
Adhesives and Putties; Preparation of Plastic"Masses from Casein; Uses of Casein 
in the Textile Industry, for Finishing, Color Printing, etc.; Casein Foodstuffs; Sun¬ 
dry Applications; Compounds; Recent Patents Granted for the Improved Manu¬ 
facture and Utilization of Casein. 

STANDAGE, H. C. Agglutinants of All Kinds for All Purposes, cloth, 6 
X9, 267 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Resinous Cements; Agglutinants of Different Kinds for Use by 
Carpenters, Painters, Decorators, Bricklayers, Plasterers and Stonemasons; Ag¬ 
glutinants Adapted for Use in Paper, Printing, Photographic, Leather and 
Kindred Trades; Compounds Used in Textile Industries] Cements for the 
(Metal .Worker; Notes on the Materials Used. _____ - 



44 


LEATHER 


STANDAGE, tt. C. Sealing Waxes, Wafers, and Other Adhesives. For the 

household, office, workshop and factory. 5J 4 x 7K> 96 pp. $ 2.50 
CONTENTS: Sealing Waxes and Their Manufacture; Wafers; Notes on the 
Nature of the Materials Used in Making Adhesive Compounds; Cements for 
Use in the Household; Office Gums, Pastes and Mucilages; Adhesive Compounds 
for Factory and Workshop Use. 

LEATHER 

BENNETT, H. G. The Manufacture of Leather, no ill., 6 x 8 j 4 , 441 pp. 

$6.00 

CONTENTS: Historical and Introductory Outline. The Nature of Skin. Fer 
mentation. Hides and Skins. Water. Soaking. Unhairing. Deliming. - The 
Tannins. The Vegetable Tanning Materials. The Analysis of Tanning Mate¬ 
rials. The Preparation of the Tanning Liquors. The Principles of Vegetable 
Tanning. The Tannage of Sole Leather. The Tannage of Belting Harness, 
and Upper Leather, etc. The Tannage of Moroccos and Light Leathers. The 
Tannage of Chrome Leather. The Alum and Combination 'Tannages. Fat, 
Oil and Aldehyde Tannages. The Drying of Leather. The Finishing of Sole 
Leather. The Currying and Finishing of Dressing Leather. Leather^Dyeing. 
The Finishing of Light Leathers. The Finishing of Chrome Leathers. The 
Finishing of the Alum and Combination Tanned Leather. The Finishing of 
Fat and Oil Tanned Leathers. Japanned and Enamelled Leathers. The 
Dressing of Wool Rugs. The Analysis of Leather. 

STANDAGE, H. C. Leatherworkers’ Manual. Second Edition. SH x 
cloth, 175 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Blackings, Polishes, Glosses, Dressings, Renovators, etc., for Boot 
and Shoe Leathers; Harness Blackings, Dressings, Greases, Compositions, Soaps, 
and Boot Top Powders and Liquors; Leather Grinders’ Sundries; Curriers 
Seasonings, Blacking Compounds, Dressing Finishes, Glosses; Dyes and Stains 
for Leathers; Chrome Tannage; Useful Information. 

WATT, A. Leather Manufacture. Being a practical handbook of tanning, 
currying and chrome leather dressing. Fifth Edition, Thoroughly Re¬ 
vised and Enlarged. 83 ill., 6 x 7J4, 500 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Chemical Theory of the Tanning Process; The Skin; Hides and 
Skins; Tannin; Gallic Acid; Gallic Fermentation; Tanning Materials; Estimation 
of Tannin; Preliminary Operations; Depilation; Raising or Swelling; Tanning 
Butts for Sole Leather; Tanning Processes; Tanning by Pressure; Quick Tan¬ 
ning; Harness Leather Tanning; American Tanning; Tanning by Electricity; 
Chemical Tanning; Miscellaneous Processes; Cost of American Tanning; Manu¬ 
facture of Light Leathers; Dyeing Leather; White Leather, Chrome. Leather, 
Box-Calf, and Chamois Manufacture; Currying; Machinery Employed; Em¬ 
bossing Leather; Fellmongering ; Parchment, Vellum and Shagreen; Gut Dress¬ 
ing; Glue Boiling; Utilization of Tanners’ Waste. 

PAPER MANUFACTURE 

ANDES, L. E. Treatment of Paper for Special Purposes. A practical intro¬ 
duction to the preparation of paper products for a great variety of 
purposes. Translated from the German by Charles Salter. 48 ill., 
5x7, 239 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Parchment Paper, Vegetable Parchment. Paper for Transfer 

Pictures (Metachromotypes). For Preserving and Packing Purposes, Grained 
Transfer and Fireproof and Antifalsification Paper, Paper Articles. Gummed, 
Hectograph, Insecticide, Chalk and Leather, Luminous, Blue Print. Blotting. 
Metal and Medicated, Marbled, Tracing and Copying, Photographic, Fumigating 




PAPER MANUFACTURE 


45 


and Test Papers. Papers for Cleaning and Polishing Purposes. Lithographic 
"transfer, Sundry Special and Waterproof Papers. The Characteristics of Paper 
—Paper Testing. 

BEADLE, C. Chapters on Papermaking. In five volumes. 6x9 

each, $2.00 

Vol. I.—Introductory Volume in a Series of Practical Books on the Chemistry of 
Paper-making. 

Vol. II.—Comprising Answers to Questions on Papermaking Set by the Examiners 
to the City and Guilds of London Institute. 174 pages. 

Vol. III.—Comprising a Short Practical Treatise in which Boiling, Bleaching, 
Loading, Coloring and Similar Questions are Discussed. 134 pages. 

Vol. IV.—Containing Discussions upon Water Supplies and the Management of 
the Paper Machine and Its Influence upon the Qualities of Papers. 156 
pages. 

Vol. V.—Concerning the Theory and Practice of Beating. Ill., 190 pages. 

BEVERIDGE, JAMES. Papermaker’s Pocketbook. Specially compiled for 
paper mill operatives, engineers, chemists and office officials. Second 
and Enlarged Edition. Ill., 4*4 x 6 l / 2 , 211 pp. $4.00 

CONTENTS: Chapter I covers the commercial side of the papermaking, being 
taken up with tables of weights and measures, wages, sizes and weights of papers, 
metrical equivalents, British and. American trade customs, and other useful 
information that is likely to be required in the papermaker’s daily work. Chap¬ 
ter II deals with thermal questions, containing data, amplified with concrete 
examples, for the calculation of the consumption of steam in the various heating 
operations of the paper mill, such as boiling, bleaching and drying. The third 
chapter is devoted to raw materials, giving much information on straw, esparto, 
wood pulps and rags. There is a chapter on colored papers and dyestuffs, 
followed by one on chemical analysis and treating, and the chapter on mineral 
loadings is new. The seventh chapter consists of a good selection of useful 
chemical tables; and chapter VIII comprises information as to dimensionsl 
capacity, speeds, and power consumption of the principal machinery found in mils. 

CLAPPERTON, G. Practical Paper-making. A manual for paper-makers 
and owners and managers of paper mills, to which are appended useful 
tables, calculations, data, etc., with illustrations reproduced from micro¬ 
photographs. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Ill., 5x8, 
236 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Chemical and Physical Properties of Various Fibers; Cutting and 
Boiling of Rags; Jute Boiling and Bleaching; Wet Picking; Washing, Breaking 
and Bleaching; Electrolytic Bleaching; Autichlor; Cellulose; Wood Pulp; Es¬ 
parto and Straw; Beating; Loading; Starch; Coloring Matter; Resin Size and 
Sizing; Fourdrinier Machine; Animal Sizing; Drying; Glazing; Burnishing; 
Cutting; Finishing; Microscopical' Examination; Tests; Recovery of Soda. 

CROSS, C. F., BEVAN, E. J., and SIND ALL, R. W. Wood Pulp and Its Uses. 

With the collaboration of W. N! Bacon. 30 ill., 5 ^x 8 j 4 , 281 pp. 
(Van Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) Reprinting 

CONTENTS: The Structural Elements of Wood. Cellulose as a Chemical 
Individual and Typical Colloid. Sources of Supply of Wood-Pulps. Manufacture 
of Mechanical Wood-Pulp. Chemical Wood-Pulp. News and Printings. Wood- 
Pulp Boards. Utilization of Wood Waste. Testing of Wood Pulp for Moisture. 
Wood Pulps and the Textile Industries. Specimen Pages and Various Types of 
Paper. Bibliography. 

SINDALL, R. W. The Manufacture of Paper. 58 ill., 5 J 4 x 285 pp. 
(Van Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Histoiical Notice. Cellulose and Paper-making Fibres. The 


46 


PAPER manufacture—rubber 


Manufacture of Paper from Rags. Esparto and Straw. Wood Pulp and Wood 
Pulp Papeis. Brown Papers and Boards. Special Kinds of Paper. Chemicals 
Used in Paper-making. The Process of “Beating.” The Dyeing and Coloring 
of Paper Pulp. Paper-mill Machinery. The Deterioration of Paper. Bibliography 
of Works Relating to Cellulose and Paper-making. 

SINDALL, R. W., and BACON, W. N. The Testing of Wood Pulp. A 

practical handbook for the pulp and paper trades. Ill., 

150 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Moisture in Wood Pulp. Selection of Boles; Methods of Sampling; 
“ Wedge ” System; Systems Used in Other Countries; Some Experimental Results; 
Measurement of Probable Errors; Apparatus for Testing Pulp; Wood Pulp Contract 
Notes of Various Countries; Useful Tables. Bleaching Qualities of Wood Pulp. Post 
Samples and Trial Deliveries; Mill Practice and Deliveries; Other Conditions which 
Affect Bleach Consumption; Laboratory Methods and Experiments; Question of 
1 a Standard Color; Measurement of Color; The Tintometer; Standard Methods of 
I Testing; Chemistry of Bleaching Powder; Bleach Liquors; Oxidation of Cellulose- 

STEVENS, H. P. Paper Mill Chemist. Second Edition , Revised and En¬ 
larged. 67 ill., d^/2 x 6 l / 2 , 325 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: English and Metrical Systems of Weights and Measures. Methods 
of Chemical Analysis. Weighing. Drying. Evaporation. Precipitation and 
Filtration. Notes and Calculations. Use of Hydrometers. Fuels. Methods of 
, Sampling. Darling’s Calorimeter. Water Analysis. Softening and Purification. 
Automatic Filters. Raw Materials and Detection of Adulterants. Properties 
and Analysis of Lime, Soda, Caustic Alkali, Mineral Acids, Bleach, Antichlors, 
Alum, Rosin and Rosin Size, Glue, Gelatine, Casein, Starch. Mineral Loading. 
Coloring Matters. Ammonia Solution. Copper Sulphate. Tannic Acid. Coal 
Tar Dyes. Fibrous Raw Materials—Half Stuffs and Their Treatment. Cellulose 
and the Isolation of Paper Making Fibres. Examination and Properties of Rags 
and Rag Figures. Rag Boiling. Pulp Woods. Mechanical, Sulphite, and Sul¬ 
phate Pulps. Straw and Esparto Pulp. Soda Recovery. Bleaching Fibres. 
Paper Analysis and Paper Testing. Microscopic Examination and Identification 
of Fibres. Determination of Percentage Composition of Furnish Paper Testing. 
Blotting Papers. Chemical Analysis of Paper. Chemical Impurities in Paper. 
Sizes and Weights of Papers. Conversion of Ream Weight to Metric Units 
and Vice Versa. Paper Trade Customs. 

WATT, A. The Art of Papermaking. A practical handbook of the manu¬ 
facture of paper from rags, esparto, straw, and other fibrous materials, 
including the manufacture of pulp from wood fibre. Third Edition. 
86 ill., 6x9, 260 pp. $ 3.75 

CONTENTS: Cellulose; Materials used in Paper-making; Treatment of Rags; 
Treatment of Esparto; Treatment of Wood; Treatment of Various Fibres; 
Bleaching; Beating or Refining; Loading; Sizing; Coloring; Making Paper by 
Hand; Making Paper by Machinery; Calendering, Cutting, and Finishing; Col¬ 
ored Papers; Miscellaneous Papers; Machinery Used in Paper-making; Recovery 
of Soda from Spent Liquors; Determining the Real Value or Percentage of 
Commercial Sodas, Chloride of Lime, etc,; Useful Notes and Tables, 

RUBBER 

BROWN, HAROLD. Rubber, Its Sources, Cultivation and Preparation. 

J Ill., 6 x 8 ^ 4 , 237 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Rubber in British Africa; The Principal Rubber- 
Yielding Plants; Latex; The Tapping of Rubber Plants; The Preparation of 
Rubber; The Chemistry of Rubber; Statistics of Consumption and Prices; The 



RUBBER 


47 


Para Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis, Mull Arg.) ; The Ceara Rubber Tree 
(Manihot Glaziovii, Mull. Arg.) ; The African Rubber Tree (Funtumia elastica, 
Slapi.) ; The African Rubber Vines; The Central American Rubber Tree (Cas- 
tilloa elastica Cerv.) ; The Assam Rubber Tree (Ficus elastica, Roxb.); and 
other Species of Ficus. 

CLOUTH, F. Rubber, Gutta-Percha and Balata. First English translation, 
with additions and emendations by the author. 23 ill., 1 map, 6^4 x 
9 Z A> 255 pp. ' $6.00 

CONTENTS: India Rubber. Natural History; Production of Raw Rubber; 
Commercial Points; Chemical and Physical Properties of Raw Rubber; Produc¬ 
tion of Soft Rubber Goods; The Vulcanization; Chemical and Physical Prop¬ 
erties of Vulcanized Soft Rubber; Hard Rubber (Ebonite); Regenerated and 
Artificial Rubber. Gutta-Perchcv. Natural History; Production of Raw Gutta- 
Percha; Commercial Points; Chemical and Physical Properties; Production and 
Employment of Gutta-Percha Goods; Balata; Survey, On the Principal Products 
Made of India Rubber, Gutta-Percha and Balata. 

MORRELL, R. S, WAELE, A. E., and RIDEAL, S. Rubber, Resins, Paints 
and Varnishes. 5 J 4 x 824 - (Industrial Chemistry Series.) In Press 

PORRITT, B. D. The Chemistry of Rubber. 524 x 7 / 4 > 104 pp. (Van Nos¬ 
trand’s Chemical Monographs.) $1.00 

CONTENTS: The Properties of Crude Rubber; Constitution and Derivatives; 
Methods of Vulcanization; Theories of Vulcanization; Waste Rubber and Its 
Utilisation ; Synthetic Caoutchouc; Bibliography. 

POTTS, HAROLD E. Chemistry of the Rubber Industry. 5^x9, 163 pp. 
(Outlines of Industrial Chemistry.) $ 2.50 

(Author is a member of the International Rubber Testing Committee.) 

CONTENTS: The Colloidal State. Suspensoid Colloids. Emulsoid’Colloids. Raw 
Rubber. Gutta-Percha and Balata. Mixing. Control. ^Compounding, Ingredients. 
Vulcanization. Vulcanized Rubber. 

Aims at bridging the gap between pure chemistry ^nd manufacturing processes. 

It is intended to explain to the chemist the chief properties of the material with 
which he has to deal and the chief lines in which his work may run. It is also 
intended to explain to the rubber technologist the nature of the problems with 
which the rubber chemist is concerned and to make clear not only the difficulties, 
but also the possibilities of chemical routine and research. The production and 
manufacture of rubber are considered, not for the sake of their own technique, 
but for their bearing on chemical work. The analytical process of most impor¬ 
tance are critically described and explained. 

SCHIDROWITZ, P. Rubber. Its Production and Industrial Uses. Plates, 
83 ills., 6x954, 320 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Historical. Production and Consumption of Rubber. Genera 
Nature of the Rubber Industry. Wild Rubber. Plantation Industry. Plantation 
System of the Preparation of Rubbers'other than Hevea. Industrial Rubbers. Rubber 
Latices and Coagulation. Crude Rubbers Compared—Tackiness. Chemistry of 
Crude Rubber. Theory of Vulcanization. Manufacture of Rubber Goods. Sub¬ 
stitutes and Waste Rubber Disposal. Chemical, Physical and Mechanical Properties 
of Vulcanized Rubber. Chemical Analysis and Physical Examination of Rubber 
Mechanical Tests. Contracts and Specifications. 

Mr. Sehidrowitz is a well-known expert on rubber. Describes and reviews in a 
thorough, practical and critical manner the different branches of the rubber 
industry, and also the scientific knowledge concerning the chemistry, physics and 
mechanics of rubber in its various forms, in such a way that it may be of interest 
to the lay as well as to the technical reader. It is a practical as well as a theoretical 
book, for the author is a well-known expert on rubber and has first-hand knowledge 
of the subject. _ “ 


48 RUBBER-SUGAR 

SEELIGMANN, T., TORRILHON, G. L., and FALCONNET, H. India Rubber 

and Gntta Fercha. Translated by J. G. McIntosh. A complete prac¬ 
tical treatise on india rubber and gutta percha m their historical, botan¬ 
ical, arboricultural, mechanical, chemical and electrical aspects. Second 
English Edition , Revised and Enlarged. 145 ill., 125 tables, 6*4 x 924 * 
424 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: India Rubber. Botanical Origin. Climatology. Soil. Rational 
Culture and Acclimation of the Different Species of India-rubber Plants. 
Methods of Obtaining the Latex. Methods of Preparing Raw and Crude India- 
rubber. Classification of the Commercial Species of Raw Rubber. Physical 
and Chemical Properties of the Latex and of India-rubber. Mechanical 
Transformation of Natural Caoutchouc into Washed or Normal Caoutchouc 
(Purification) and Normal Rubber into Masticated Rubber. Softening, Cutting, 
Washing, Drying. Preliminary Observations. Vulcanisation of Normal 
Rubber. Chemical and Physical Properties of Vulcanised Rubber. General 
Considerations. Hardened Rubber or Ebonite. Considerations on Mineralisa¬ 
tion and other Mixtures. Coloration and Dyeing. Analysis of Natural or 
Normal Rubber, and Vulcanised Rubber. Rubber Substitutes. Imitation 
Rubber. Gutta Percha: Botanical Origin. Climatology. Soil. Rational 
Culture. Methods of Collection. Classification of the Different Species of 
Commercial Gutta Percha. Physical and Chemical Properties. Mechanical 
Transformation. Methods of Analysing. Gutta Percha Substitutes. 

TERRY, H. L. India Rubber and Its Manufacture. With chapters on gutta 
percha and balata. Ill., 6 x 8 j 4 , 294 pp. (Van Nostrand’s West¬ 
minster Series.) Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Historical and General Raw Rubber; Botanical 

Origin; Tapping the Trees; Coagulation; Principal Raw Rubbers of Commerce; 
Pseudo Rubbers; Congo Rubber; General Considerations; Chemical and Physical 
Properties; Vulcanization; India-rubber Plantations; India-rubber Substitutes; 
Reclaimed Rubber; Washing and Drying of Raw Rubber; Compounding of 
Rubber; Rubber Solvents and Their Recovery; Rubber Solution; Fine Cut Sheet 
and Articles Made Therefrom; Elastic Thread; Mechanical Rubber Goods; 
Sundry Rubber Articles; India-rubber Proofed Textures; Tyres; India-rubber 
Boots and Shoes; Rubber, for Insulated Wires; Vulcanite Contracts for India- 
rubber Goods; The Testing of Rubber Goods; Gutta-Percha; Balata; Bib¬ 
liography. 


SUGAR 


DEERR, N. Cane Sugar. A textbook on the agriculture of the sugar 
cane, the manufacture of cane sugar, and the analysis of sugar house 
products. Together with a chapter on the fermentation of molasses. 
280 ill. 6]/ 2 x 9^, 608 pp. $8.00 


CONTENTS: The Cane; Composition of the Cane; Range and Climate; Varie¬ 
ties of the Cane; Sugar Cane Soils; Manuring, Irrigation, Husbandry, Pests and 
Diseases, and Harvesting of the Cane; Extraction of Juice by Mills; Diffusion 
Process; Clarification and Defecation of the Juice; Carbonation Process; Filtra¬ 
tion of the Juice; Evaporation of the Juice to Syrup; Concentration of the 
Syrup to Massecuite; Separation of the Crystals; Molasses; Megass as Fuel; 
Polariscope as Applied to Sugar Analysis; Optical Assay of Sugars; Determina¬ 
tion of Reducing Sugars; Assay of Sugar House Products: Control of the 
factory; Fermentation with Special Reference to the Sugar House; Appendix; 
Tables; Additional Notes Relating to Certain Portions of the Text 


GEERLIGS, H. C. P. Cane Sugar and Its Manufacture. jy 2 x 10, 390 pp. 

$6 OO 

CONTENTS: The Raw Material Constituents of the Sugar Cane; Proportion 



SUGAR—NITROCELLULOSE 


49 


and Distribution of the Constituents of Sugar Cane. Sugar Manufacture, 
Extraction of the Juice; Clarification; Methods of Clarification; Lime and Lime 
Cream; Filtration; Concentration of the Juice; Curing; Exhausted Molasses. 

GEERLIGS, H. C. PRINSEN.. Chemical Control in Cane Sugar Factories. 

Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ill. y fJ 4 x ioj 4 , 152 PP« $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Analytical Methods. Cane; Bagasse; Mill Juices; Raw Juice; Clari¬ 
fied Juice. Sweet-Waters from the Filter Presses. Filter-Press Cake; Syrup; Mas- 
secuites; Green Molasses; Final Molasses; First and Second Sugars; Molasses 
Sugar; Recapitulation of the Necessary Analyses. Determination of Quantities. 
Weights Directly Ascertained; Weights That Are Calculated. Stocktaking. Calculated 
Percentages. Various Calculations. Final Account of Sucrose Extracted and 
Lost; Native Assistance. Factory and Laboratory Instruments. Verification of 
Weighbridges, Measuring Tanks and Instruments; Instruments and Utensils Re¬ 
quired; Tables; Models of Books. 

McINTOSH, JOHN G. The Technology of Sugar. Third Edition, Revised 
and Enlarged. 244 ill., 6 x 8 ^ 4 , 540 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Beet Sugar. A Criticism of the Arguments of Present-Day Beet- 
Sugar Pioneers; Valuation and Purchase of Sugar Beets; Preliminary Treat¬ 
ment; Diffusion; Carbonatation and Filtration; Concentration of Beet Juice to 
Syrup in Multiple Effect Evaporation Vessels; Boiling Beet Syrup to Strike Point 
in Vertical and Horizontal Vacuum Pans; Centrifuging of Beet-Sugar; Extraction 
of All Available Sugar from Beet-Sugar Molasses. Cane Sugar. The Sugar 
Cane and Its Cultivation; Sugar-Cane Diffusion; Sugar Refining; The Chemistry 
of Sugars—Analysis of Commercial Sugars and of Merchandise, etc., Containing 
Sugars. 

MAXWELL, FRANCIS. Sulphitation in White Sugar Manufacture. Ill., 

5/4 x 8 ^ 4 , 84 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Sulphur and Its Compounds in the Manufacture of Sugar; Sulphur, 
Its Origin, Preparation and Properties; Sulphuric Acid, Its Preparations, Chem¬ 
ical Properties and Action; Generating Plants for Sulphurous Acid Gas, and 
Sulphitation Vessels for Juice and Syrup; The Contiol of the Sulphurous Acid 
Gas Generating Station; Analysis of the Sulphurous Acid Gas; Action of Sul¬ 
phurous Acid on Juices; Principles of the Application of Sulphitation to Juice; 
Sulphitation of the Syrup, and of Molasses; The Sulphitation Process in Prac¬ 
tice ; Processes Adopted by the Leading White Sugar Countries; Summary. 

TUCKER, J. H. A Manual of Sugar Analysis. Including the applications 
in general of analytical methods to the sugar industry. Sixth Edition. 
Ill., 6x9, 353 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Chemistry of Sugars as a Gass; Cane Sugar or Saccharose; 

Dextrose, Levulose and Invert Sugar; Lactose or Milk Sugar; Determination 
of Specific Gravity; Optical and Chemical Methods of Determining of Cane 
Sugar; Determination of Dextrose and Invert Sugar; Analysis of Raw Sugar, 
Molasses and Syrups, Cane and Cane Juice, Beet and Beet Juice, Waste Pro¬ 
ducts, Commercial Glucose or Starch Sugar; Estimation of Milk Sugar; Estima¬ 
tion of Dextrose in Diabetic Urine; The Chemistry and Analysis of Animal 
Charcoal. 

WALLIS-TAYLER, A. J. Sugar Machinery. A descriptive treatise devoted 
to the machinery and apparatus used in the manufacture of cane and 
beet sugar. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 56 ill., $y 2 x jy 2 , 

390 pp. $ 3.00 

NITROCELLULOSE—CELLULOID—EXPLOSIVES 

BARNETT, E. DeB. Explosives, Matches and Pyrotechny. y/ 2 x 8^. 
(Industrial Chemistry Series.) In Press 




NITROCELLULOSE—CELLULOID—EXPLOSIVES 


5 o 

BOCKMANN, F. Celluloid; Its Raw Material, Manufacture, Properties and 
Uses. A handbook for manufacturers of celluloid and celluloid articles, 
and all industries using celluloid; also for dentists and teeth specialists. 
Translated from the Third Revised German Edition. 49 ill., 6}4 * 9 l A> 
120 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Raw Materials for the Manufacture of Celluloid; The Manufac¬ 
ture of Celluloid; Employment of Pyroxylin for Artificial Silk; Properties of 
Celluloid; Testing; Application and Treatment. 

COLVER, deW. S. High Explosives. A practical treatise. 155 ill., 6*4 x 10, 
859 pp. $12.50 

CONTENTS: Historical; The Raw Materials; Recovery of the Simple Aromatic 
Hydrocarbons from Coal-Tar; Recovery of the Phenols; Resorcin; Naphthol; 
Recovery of the Amines; American and Russian Petroleum; Testing and Analyz¬ 
ing the Raw Materials; Nitration of Aromatic Compounds in General; Specific 
Gravities and Concentrations of the Nitric and Sulphuric Acids as Used for the 
Purposes of Nitration; Testing and Analysis of Nitric Acid; Analysis of Sul¬ 
phuric Acid and Oleum; Testing Waste Acid; Regeneration of the Waste Acid; 
Recovery of the Nitrous Fumes as Nitric Acid; Nitrobenzezne; Dinitrobenzene; 
Trinitrobenzene; Nitrotoluene; Dinitrotoluene; Trinitrotoluene; Nitro Compounds 
of the Higher Homologues of Benzene; Nitronaphthalene; Dinitronaphtha- 
lene; Trinitronaphthalene; Tetranitronaphthalene; Properties and Uses of the 
Nitronapththalenes; Nitrophenol; D.initrophenol; Picric Acid; Derivatives of 
Picric Acid; Nitrocresols; Nitrocresoircins and Nitronaphthols; Hexanifcrodi- 
phenylamine; Polynitroanilines; Nitro Aromatic Compounds of Various Com¬ 
positions; Nitroparaffins; Rules and Regulations Regarding the Manufacture of 
Nitro Compounds; The Toxic Effect of Nitrous Fumes, Nitrohydrocarbons and 
Picric Acid, and Its Prevention During the Manufacture of Explosives; Methods 
of Manipulation; Use and Application of Explosives; Projectiles; Detonators 
and Ignition; Products of Explosion-; Poisonous Action of the Products of Ex¬ 
plosion ; General Properties of Explosives; Pressure of the Gases of Explosion; 
Heat of Combustion and Temperature of Explosion; Velocity of Detonation; 
Sensitivity of Explosives; Character and Duration of Flame; The Energy of 
Explosives; Review of Patents Dealing with N.itro Compounds; Specifications. 

EISSLER, M. Handbook on Modern Explosives. Being practical treatise 

on the manufacture and use of dynamite, gun-cotton, nitroglycerine, 
and other explosive compounds, including the manufacture of collodion- 
cotton, with chapters on explosives in practical application. Second 
Edition, Enlarged. 150 ill., 5^x754, 426 pp. $5.00 

SANFORD, P. G. Nitro Explosives. A practical treatise concerning the 
properties, manufacture and analysis of nitrated substances, including 
the fulminates, smokeless powders and celluloid. Second Edition, 
Revised and Enlarged. Ill., 6x9, 312 pp. $4.00 

SINDALL. R. W. and BACON, W. Wood and Cellulose. 5J4 x 8^4. (In¬ 
dustrial Chemistry Series.) In Press 

SMITH, G. C. Trinitrotoluenes and Mono- and Dinitrotoluenes Their manu¬ 
facture and properties. 5x7, 140 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Historical; The Theory of the Nitration of Toluene; 
The Manufacture of TNT; The Purification of TNT; Inspection and Testing of 
TNT; Properties of the Trinitrotoluenes; Properties of the Mono- and Dinitro¬ 
toluenes; Accidents in TNT Plants; TNT Diseases. 

WORDEN, EDWARD C. Nitrocellulose Industry. A compendium of the 
history, chemistry, manufacture, commercial application, and analysis 


NITROCELLULOSE—CELLULOID—EXPLOSIVES 


5 * 

of the nitrates, acetates, and xanthates of cellulose as applied to the 
peaceful arts, with a chapter on gun cotton, smokeless powder, and 
explosive nitrates. Two volumes. 324 ill., 3 plates, 6 l / 2 X9 y 2 , 1239 pp. 

$1000 

CONTENTS: Cellulose. The Cellulose Nitrates (Theory). Nitration of Cellulose 
(Practice). Cellulose Nitrate Solvents and Non-solvents. Fusel Oil, Natural and 
Synthetic. Amyl Alcohols. Manufacture and Properties of Amyl Acetate. Natural, 
Artificial, Synthetic Camphor. Camphor Substitutes. Paint Removers. Tur¬ 
pentine Substitutes. Pyroxylin Solutions. Pyroxylin Lacquers. Bronzing Liquids. 
Water-proofing Compositions. Artificial Leather, Fur, Skin, Feathers, Rubber. 
Pyroxylin-coated Leather and Splits. Patent and Enameled Leather. Celluloid, 
Pyralin, Xylonite, Viscoloid. Pyroxylin Plastics. Celloidin and Cellulose Nitrates 
in Microscopy. Collodion and Celluloid Nitrates in Pharmacy, Medicine. Film 
Manufacture and Photography. Artificial Silk, Whalebone, Gorse, Horsehair. The 
Cellulose Acetates. Gun Cotton and the Explosive Cellulose Nitrates. Viscose, 
Viscoid, and the Cellulose Xanthates. Denatured Ethyl Alcohol. Patent, Author* 
and Subject Index. 

The most complete and comprehensive work on the general technology of nitro¬ 
cellulose ever issued in any language, and adequately covers the entire field in 
detail. It contains over.8000 patent andjiterature references of over 2900 different 
investigators, representing the work of everyone in the field from the earliest days 
to the present, 

WORDEN, E. C. Technology of Cellulose Esters. A theoretical and prac¬ 
tical treatise on the origin, history, chemistry, manufacture, technical 
application and analysis of the products of acylation and alkylation of 
normal and modified cellulose, including nitrocellulose, celluloid, pyr¬ 
oxylin, collodion, celloidin, gun-cotton, acetycellulose and viscose, as 
applied to technology, pharmacy, microscopy, medicine, photography 
and the warlike and peaceful arts. In ten volumes. 600 ill., 12 plates, 
containing upwards of 110,000 patent and literature references to the 
work of 12,000 different investigators. An Exhaustive Treatise. 
4000 pp. 

Carbohydrate Carboxylates (Cellulose Acetate), being Vol. VIII. Ill., 

cy 2 X9 y 2 ,611 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Raw Materials. Starch; Cellulose; Cotton; Methylation and Ethy¬ 
lation of Cellulose; Acetolysis and Octa-Acetylcellobiose; Formic Acid; Acetic 
Acid; Acetic Anhydride. Manufacture of Cellulose Esters. Historical; Investi¬ 
gations of Stein; Chemistry; Cellulose Mono-acetate, Diacetates, Triacetates, 
Tetracetate, Pentacetate; Theory of Acetylation; Methods of Manufacture; Su¬ 
perficial Acetylation of Cellulose; Acetylation of Modified Cellulose; Commercial 
Manufacture of Partially Hydrated, Acetone-Soluble Cellulose Acetate; Other 
Partial Hydration Processes; Acetation with Sulfuric Acid Containing Cata¬ 
lyzers; Manufacture of Cellulose Acetate with Zinc Chloride; Acetation: with 
Substituted Acetic Acids, in Presence of Chlorides, without Apparent Change in 
Structural Form; Purification; Bleaching Acetated Cellulose; Recovery of Acetic 
Anhydride and Acid; Acetates of the Carbohydrates; Cellulose Formate; Cellu¬ 
lose Propionates ; Cellulose Butyrates ; Starch Formate ; Starch Acetate ; Cellulose 
Aceto-Nitrates; Cellulose Aceto-Sulfates; Cellulose Benzoates. Cellulose Acetate 
Solvents, Non-solvents and Plastic-Inducing Bodies. Alcohols; Ethers; Alde¬ 
hydes ; Ketones ; Acids; Esters ; Nitro and Amido Solvents ; Essential Oils ; Other 
Cellulose Ester Plastic-inducing Bodies; Diacetone Alcohol; Solvent Recovery; 
Wood Oil; Hydrocarbon Chlorides; Chloroform; Carbon Tetrachloride; Dich- 
lorethylene ; Trichlorethylene ; Perchlorethylene ; Chlorhydrins ; Tetrachlorethane ; 
Pentachlorethane; Hexachlorethane; Benzine and Benzene. Commercial Appli¬ 
cation of the Uninflammable Cellulose Esters. Cellulose Acetate Plastics; Cellit; 
Cellon, Sicoid; Sericose; Boroid and Cellolite; Acetate Lacquers; Acetate Bronz¬ 
ing Liquids; Imitation Gold Leaf; Gilded Lace; Treating Linen with Cellulose 


52 


NITROCELLULOSE—MISCELLANEOUS 


Acetate ; Cellulose Acetate Imitation Leather; Cellulose Acetate Compound Fab¬ 
rics; Coating of Skins with Cellulose Acetate; Artificial Bristles; Preservation of 
Documents with Acetate Lacquers; Artificial Filaments from Cellulose Acetate, 
Bayko Yarn; Artificial Horsehair; Microscopy of Acetate Silk; Strengthening 
Artificial Filaments; Artificial Sponge; Dyeing Cellulose Acetate; Carbon Fila¬ 
ments from Cellulose Acetate; Acetylated Cellulose in the Explosives Industry; 
Cellulose Acetate as Insulating Material; Cellulose Acetate for Toughening In¬ 
candescent Mantles; Acetic Collodion; Cellulose Acetate Photographic Emulsions; 
Acetylcellulose Sheets; Continuous Photographic Films; Waterproofing Acetate 
Films; Automobile Wind Shields; Testing Acetate Films; Utilization of Waste 
Acetate Films; Chronophotography, Motography; Cellulose Acetate Window 
Panes; Cellulose Acetate Phonograph Records; Capping Bottles with Cellulose 
Acetate; Cellulose Acetate in Air-craft Manufacture; Coating Cigar Tips; Cellu¬ 
lose Acetate in Pharmacy; Solidified Alcohol; Feculose. Analysis of Uninflam¬ 
mable Cellulose Esters. Estimation of Formic Acid; Acetic Acid; Congealing 
Points of Acetic Acid; Acetic Anhydride; Acidity of Mixtures of Acetic Acid 
and Anhydride; Calculation of Acetic Anhydride by Titration; Index of Refrac¬ 
tion; Density of Acetic Acid; Refractometric Determination of Acetic Anhy¬ 
dride; Method of Menschutkin and Wasiljeff; Analysis of the Cellulose Acetates, 
Moisture, Ash, Solubility; Viscosity; Tensile Strength; Stability Tests; Determin¬ 
ation of the Copper Number; Determination of Acid Radicals; Method of Green 
and Perkin; Method of Ost; Sodium Ethylate Method; Method of Barthelemy; 
Modification of Eberstadt; Determination of Combined Sulfuric Acid; Work of 
Stein; Patent, Name and Subject Indices. 


MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES 


DUMESNY, P., and NOYER, J. Wood Products, Distillates and Extracts. 

The Chemical Products of Wood Distillation, Dyeing and Tanning Ex¬ 
tracts from Wood. 107 ill., 59 tables, 6 l / 2 x 10, 336 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: The Distillation of Wood; Generalities; Principal Methods of Car¬ 
bonising or “Coaling” Wood; The Acetic Acid Industry; Secondary Products of 
Wood Distillation; Analysis of Raw Materials and Finished Products; Destructive 
Distillation of Olive Oil Residuals; Methyl Alcohol; Table of Density; The Manu¬ 
facture and Testing of Tan Wood Extracts and Their Utilization in Modern Tan¬ 
neries; Chestnut Wood Extract; Plant and Equipment for Treating Chestnut 
Wood; Specification of Model Type of an Extract Factory; Capital Required, etc.; 
Number and Capacity of Extract Factories; Method of Using Chestnut Wood Ex¬ 
tracts in Tanning; Manufacture and Use of Oak Wood Extracts; Manufacture and 
Use of Quebracho and Sumac Extract; Khaki Substitute for Quebracho and its 
Use in Tanning; Extract from Various Tanning Substances; Their Manufacture 
and Uses; Divi-Divi; Valonia; Chinese Galls; Myrobolam; Palmetto; Mimosa; 
Tara; Mangrove, etc.; Manufacture and Use of Logwood Extract; Analysis of 
Tanning Substances; The Official Method of the International Association of 
Leather Chemistry; Appendix. 

HUBBARD, E. The Utilization of Wood Waste. Second Edition. Trans¬ 
lated from the German of the Second Revised and Enlarged Edition 
by M. J. Salter. 50 ill., 554 x yy 2 , 208 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Utilization of Sawdust; Employment of Sawdust as Fuel; With 
and Without Simultaneous Recovery of Charcoal and the products of Distilla¬ 
tion; Manufacture of Oxalic Acid from Sawdust; Manufacture of Spirit (Ethyl 
Alcohol) from Wood-waste; Patent Dyes (Organic Sulphides, Sulphur-dyes or 
Mercapto-dyes) ; Artificial Wood and Plastic Compositions from Sawdust-Pro¬ 
duction of Artificial Wood-Compositions for Moulded Decorations; Employ¬ 
ment of Sawdust for Blasting Powders and Gunpowders; Employment of Saw¬ 
dust for Briquettes; Employment of Sawdust in the Ceramic Industry and as an 
Addition to Mortar; Manufacture of Paper Pulp from Wood; Various Applica¬ 
tions of Sawdust and Wood-Refuse; The Production of Wood Wool. 



MISCELLANEOUS 


53 


A complete account of the most advantageous methods of working up wood- 
refuse, especially sawdust, exhausted dye-woods and tan, as fuel, as a source 
of chemical products, for artificial wood-compositions, explosives, manures, 
and many other technical purposes. 

ROLLER. T. The Utilization of Waste Products. A treatise on the ra¬ 
tional utilization, recovery and treatment of waste products of all 
kinds. Third Edition _, Revised and Enlarged, by H. B. Stocks. 22 ill., 
6x9, 346 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: The Waste of Towns; Blood and Slaughter-House Refuse; Fat 
from Waste; Tannery Waste; Leather Waste; Fur and Feather Waste; Waste 
Horn; Fish Waste; Mother-of-Pearl Waste; Vegetable Ivory Waste; Waste 
Wood; Cork Waste; Waste Paper and Bookbinders’ Waste; By-Products of 
Paper and Paper Pulp Works; Waste Produced in the Manufacture of Parch¬ 
ment Paper; Wool Waste; Silk Waste; Waste Waters of Cloth Factories; Cot¬ 
ton Spinners’ Waste; Jute Waste; Utilization of Rags; Coloring Matters from 
Waste; Residues in the Manufacture of Aniline Dye; Dyers’ Waste Waters; 
Waste Produced in Butter Making; Molasses; Waste Liquids from Sugar Works; 
Fruit; Waste Products of the Manufacture of Starch; Brewers’ Waste; Wine 
Residues; India Rubber and Caoutchouc Waste; Amber Waste; Utilization of 
Turf or Peat; Manufactured Fuels; Illuminating Gas from Wastes and the By- 
Products of the Manufacture of Coal-Gas; By-Products in the Treatment of 
Coal-Tar Oils; Ammonia Recovery; Petroleum Residues; By-Products in the 
Manufacture of Rosin Oil; Soap-Makers’ Waste; Alkali Waste and the Recovery 
of Soda; Recovery of Potash Salts; Sulphur; Salt Waste; Gold and Silver 
Waste; Platinum Residues; Iridium from Goldsmiths’ Sweepings; Metal Waste; 
Tinplate Waste; Calamine Slimes; Waste Iron; By-Products of the Manufacture 
of Mineral Waters; Infusorial Earth; Meerschaum; Mica Waste; Slate Waste; 
Broken Porcelain; Earthenware and Glass; Utilization of Waste Glass, 

LAMBORN, L. L. Cottonseed Products. A manual of the treatment of 
cottonseed for its products and their utilization in the arts. 79 ill., 1 
folding plate, 6 j 4 X9J4, 253 PP- $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: The Cotton Plant; The Cottonseed Industry; Cottonseed; Products; 
Manufacture of Oleomargarine and Lard Compound: Manufacture of Soap and 
Soap Powder; Cottonseed-Meal and Hulls for Cattle-Food and Fertilizer; Govern¬ 
ment Regulations of Transactions in Cottonseed Products. 

MITCHELL, C. A. Mineral and Aerated Waters. in ill., 6x9, 244 pp. 

$ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Origin and Properties of Natural Mineral Waters. Gases in 
Natural Waters. Holy Wells. The Zem-Zem Well at Mecca. Spas and Their 
Springs. Natural Mineral Table Waters. Thermal Springs and Radio-Activity, 
Temperatures. Helium and Niton in Mineral Waters. Measurement of Radio- 
Activity. Artificial Radio-Active Mineral Waters. Carbon Dioxide, Its Preparatio ? 
Properties and Uses in the Mineral Water Factory. Artificial Mineral Waters. 
Early Forms of Carbonating Waters. The Machinery of To-day. Arrangement of 
a Soda Water Factory. Bottles and Bottling Machinery. Making of Ginger Beer. 
Examination of Mineral Waters. Bibliography. 

• An outline of the early methods of making artificial mineral waters leading up 
to a description of the apparatus of the modern carbonating plant. Gives much 
information concerning many of the European Spas.and their springs, together 
with analyses of their waters. 


54 


TEXTILES 


Art of DYEING WOOL, SILK AND COTTON. Translated from the French 
of M. Hellot, M. Macquer and M. Le Pileur D’Apligny. First pub¬ 
lished in English in 1789. Ill., 6 x 8 ^ 4 , 466 pp. $2.00 

This volume describes methods used by the pioneer French and English dyers 
in dyeing wool and woolen cloths, stuffs yarn, worsted, silk, cotton and linen 
thread, giving formulas for mixing colors and applying them, together with 
methods for stamping silks and cottons. 

BARKER, ALFRED F. Textiles. With additional chapters by W. M. 
Gardner, R. Snow, W. H. Cook and F. Radbury. 86 ill., sH x &V 2 > 
387 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) $2.50 

CONTENTS: History of the Textile Industries. Textile Inventions and 
Inventors. Wool, Silk, Cotton, Flax, etc., Growing Industries. The Mer¬ 
cerized and Artificial Fibres Employed in the Textile Industries. Dyeing of 
Textile Materials. Principles of Spinning. Processes Preparatory to Spinning. 
Principles of Weaving. Principles of Designing and Coloring. Principles of 
Finishing. Textile Calculations. The Woolen, Worsted, Dress Goods, Stuff 
and Linings, and Tapestry and Carpet Industries. Silk Throwing and Spinning. 
The Cotton Industry. The Linen Industry Historically and Commercially Con¬ 
sidered. Recent Developments and the Future of the Textile Industries. 

BARKER, ALDRED F., and MIDGELY, EBER. Analysis of Woven Fabrics. 

82 illustrations, 26 tables. 5^4 x 8 ^ 4 , 319 pp. $3.50 

CONTENTS: Qualities of Raw Materials and of Yarns; Calculations Relating 
to Yarns and to the Weight of Cloths; Setts and Setting of Goths; Weave 
Analysis; Drafts and Pegging Plans; Effects of Dyeing and Finishing on Wool 
Cloths, on Union Dress Fabrics, Lining and Cotton Cloths; Obtaining the Loom 
Particulars from a Small Sample of Finished Cloth; Examples in the Analysis 
of Woven Fabrics; Quick Methods of Analysis, Standard Weights and Gauges; 
Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Fibres in Woven Fabrics; Costing of 
Woven Fabrics; Glossary of Terms Applied to Woven Fabrics; Appendix. 

A practical book explaining the procedure, as well as the theory, of analyzing 
finished fabrics to determine their loom particulars. It explains how to con¬ 
trol the various qualities of the finished product by pre-determining the 
varieties and qualities of the materials to be employed in its production. A 
special and important chapter giving cost data should be helpful in the deter¬ 
mination of the price of the cloth. It answers the superintendent’s and the 
designer’s everyday questions in a practical way. 

BEAUMONT, ROBERTS. The Finishing of Textile Fabrics. (Woolen, 

Worsted, Union and other Cloths.) 151 ill., 5 y 2 x 8 ^ 4 , 279 pp. $5.00 
CONTENTS: Woollen, Worsted and Union Fabrics. Processes of Finishing 
and their Efferts. The Process of Scouring. Scouring Machines. Theory 
of Felting. Fabic Structure, Compound Fabrics. Fulling and Milling Machin¬ 
ery. The Theory of Raising. Raising Machinery and Raising Process. Cutting, 
Cropping or Shearing. Lustring Process and Machinery. Methods of Finishing. 

BEAUMONT, R. Color in Woven Design. A treatise on the science and 
technology of textile coloring (woolen, worsted, cotton and silk mate¬ 
rials). New Edition, Rewritten and Enlarged. 39 colored plates, 
367 in., 6 y 2 x 9,396 pp. " $6.00 

(Author is professor of textile industries, The University of Leeds.) 

CONTENTS: Theories of Color. Attributes of Colors. Contrast and Harmony. 
Color Standardization. Mixtures. Elements of Textile Coloring-stripes. Check 
Patterns. Simple Colorings. Compound Colorings. Fancy Shades Applied to 


TEXTILES 


55 


Special Designs. Coloring of Combination Designs. Spotted Effects. Coloring 
of Double Weaves and Reversibles. Figured Textiles. Colored in the Warp. 
Weft-colored Figured Fabrics—Curl Textures. 

BEAUMONT, R. Standard Cloths, Structure and Manufacture. (General 
Military and Naval.) 150 ill., 16 plates, 514 x 8 ^ 4 , 342 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Microscopic Features; Fabric Quality; Synopsis of Cloths; Stand¬ 
ard Grades of Manufacture; Weaves Types; Fabrics Light in Weight and Struc¬ 
ture; Medium-Weight Woollens; Medium-Weight Worsteds; Overcoating Group 
of Fabrics; Army and Navy Cloths: Fibrous-Faced Fabrics; Felt Manufactures; 
Appendix. 

BEECH, FRANKLIN. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics. A practical hand¬ 
book for the dyer and student. Second Revised Edition. 44 ill., 5^4 x 

8 1 /,275 pp- $5.00 

CONTENTS: Structure of the Cotton Fibre; Bleaching of Cotton Fabrics Prior 
to Dyeing; Dyeing Machinery and Dyeing Manipulations; The Principles and 
Practice of Cotton Dyeing; Dyeing Union (Mixed Cotton and Wool) Fabrics; 
Dyeing Half Silk (Cotton-Silk, Satin) Fabrics; Operations Following Dyeing; 
Testing the Color of Dyed Fabrics; Experimental Dyeing and Comparative Dye 
Testing. 

BEECH, F. Dyeing of Woolen Fabrics. With diagrams and figures. 33 
ill., 5 Ya x 83 / 4 , 243 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Wool Fibre; Processes Preparatory to Dyeing; Dyeing Ma¬ 

chinery and Manipulations; Principles and Practice of Wool, Mixed Cotton and 
Wool, Gloria Dyeing; Operations Following Dyeing; Experimental Dyeing and 
Comparative Dye Testing; Testing the Color of Dyed Fabrics. 

BOOTH, N. The Ring-Spinning Frame. Ill., 5x7^4, 82 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: The Ring-Spinning Frame; Ring Traveller; Traveller Clearer; 
Ballooning “Finger Space” Separator; Spindles; Lubrication; Pokers; Weighting 
of Rollers; Particulars or Formulae of a Ring Frame; Calculations; Tables; 
Specifications. 

BOTTLER, M. Modern Bleaching Agents and Detergents. Translated by 
C. Salter. 16 ill., 6 % xg* 4 , 160 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Old and New Methods and Agents; Sodium Peroxide Perborates; 
Ozone; Sodium Bisulphite and Hydrosulphurous Acid; Discharging Color from 
Textile Fabrics with Hydrosulphurous Acid; Permanganate; Hydrogen Peroxide; 
New Frocess for Bleaching Fats, Oils, Wax, Paraffin, Soap and Glue; Solid, 
Stable Calcium Hypochlorite and Bleaching Soda; Electric Bleaching; Benzine 
Soaps; Extractive Detergents and Detergent Mixtures; Properties of Carbon 
Tetrachloride; Aceto-Oxalic Acid as a Detergent; Special Methods of Removing 
Stains; Bleaching Processes Used in Chemical Cleaning; Hydrogen Peroxide; 
Oxygenol and Sodium Peroxides as Detergents; Sundry New Detergents and 
Cleansing Agents. 

CARTER, HERBERT A. Ramie (Rhea), China Grass. The new textile 
fibre and all about it. A book for planters, manufacturers, and mer¬ 
chants. Ill., S J A x 7 /*> I 4 ° PP- $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: The Ramie Plant. Its Varieties. Soil and Climate Essential 
for Culture. Ramie Cultivation. Method of Planting and Gathering the Crop. 
Yields Obtainable. The ‘Bon” or “Ban” Rhia or Rhea. The Decortication 
of Rhea or Ramie Fibre. Methods of Preparing Ramie Ribbons for the Mar¬ 
ket. De-gumming Ramie of Rhea. Preparing and Combing. Drawing, Rov¬ 
ing, and Spinning Ramie and China Grass, Twisting, etc. Weaving, Dyeing, 
Printing and Finishing of Rhea. China Grass or Ramie Fibre. Ramie, Rhea and 
China Grass in Great Britain, 011 the European Continent, in the United States 


56 


TEXTILES 


of America, and in South Africa. Uses to which Ramie, Rhea, and China 
Grass Yarns can be put in Trade. How to Manufacture it Profitably. Ranne 
CulCivation in China and the Chinese Grass Cloth Industry. 

CARTER, H. R. Modern Flax, Hemp, and Jute Spinning. A practical 

handbook for the use of flax, hemp, and jute spinners, thread, twine 
and rope makers. 92 ill., 6x8%. , $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Raw Fibre; Hackling; Silver Formation; Line and Tow preparing; 
Gill Spinning; The Flax, Hemp, and Jute Roving Frame; Dry and Helf-dry 
Spinning; Wet Spinning of Flax, Hemp, and Tow; Yarn Department; Manu¬ 
facturer of Threads, Twines, and Cords; Rope Making; Mechanical Department; 
Mill Construction; Index. 

CARTER, H. R. Bleaching, Dyeing and Finishing of Flax, Hemp and Jute 
Yarns and Fabrics. 20 ill., 5% x8%, 172 pp. $1.25 

CONTENTS: Chemistry of Bleaching; Materials; Art of Dyeing; Dyes and 
Dyestuffs; Printing; Finishing; Bleach and Dye Works. 

CLAPHAM, J. H. The Woolen and Worsted Industries! Ill., 5% x7%, 319 

pp. ' $2.00 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Manufacturing Processes; Raw Materials and the 
Trade in Them; Industrial and Commercial Organization; Labor in the Indus¬ 
tries; The Industries in Abroad; Imports and Exports. 

ERMEN, W. F. A. The Materials Used in Sizing. Their chemical and 

physical properties, and simple methods for their technical analysis and 
valuation. Ill., 5% x 7%, 130 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: The Starches and Other Agglutinants; Weighting Materials; Soften¬ 
ing Ingredients; Antiseptics; Analysis of Sized Warps and Cloth; The Preparation 
of Normal Volumetric Solutions; Tables. 

GRUNER, A. Power-loom Weaving and Yarn Numbering, according to 

various systems, with conversion tables. An auxiliary and text-book 
for pupils of weaving schools, as well as for self-instruction, and for 
general use by those engaged in the weaving industry. Ill., colored 
diagrams, 5 x 7%, 162 pp. $3.50 

CONTENTS: Power Loom in General; Mounting and Starting; English Looms; 
Lobbies; Jacquards; Mounting; Important Starting Details; Negative Regulator; 
Crompton System; Calculations; Working Change Cards; Numbering, Reeling 
and Packing of Yarn; Shortage; Table of Lengths; Carded Yarn; Useful Hints. 

HEERMANN, P. Dyers’ Materials. An introduction to the examination, 
valuation, and application of the most important substances used in 
dyeing, printing, bleaching and finishing. Translated by Arthur C. 
Wright. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged f by H. B. Stocks. 
Ill., 5%x7%, cloth, 158 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Indicators; Standard Solutions and Reagents; Water; Textile 

Fibres; Hydrochloric Acid and the Chlorides; Fluorides and Bifluorides; Sul¬ 
phuric Acid and Sulphates; Nitric Acids and Nitrates; Chlorine; Oxygen Com¬ 
pounds ; Sulphites; Alkalies; Peroxides; Zinc Dust; Fatty Acids and Their 
Salts; Cyanogen Compounds; Derivatives of Fats; Aniline and Aniline Salts; 
Thickening Material Dyes. 

HERZFELD, J. The Technical Testing of Yarns and Textile Fabrics. 

With reference to official specifications. Translated by Charles Salter. 

New Edition, In Press 

CONTENTS: Microscopical Examination of Fibres; Chemical Examination; 
Yarn Number Determination; Testing the Length of Yarns; External Appear¬ 
ance of Yarn; Twist of Yarn and Twist; Tensile Strength and Elasticity; Per- 


TEXTILES 


57 


centage of Fat; Moisture; Mode of Weaving; Warp and Weft Threads; Shrink¬ 
age; Constituents of Warp and Weft; Dressing; Waterproof Properties of 
Cloth; Hygroscopicity; Fastness of Dye Test; Length Determinations; Mor¬ 
dants and Dyes; Arsenico. 

EuBNER, JULIUS. Bleaching and Dyeing of Vegetable Fibrous Materials. 
95 ill. (many in two colors), 6)4 x 9, 457 pp. (Outlines of Industrial 
Chemistry.) Reprinting 

CONTENTS: The Vegetable Fibres. Water. Chemicals and Mordants. Bleach¬ 
ing. Mercerising. Mineral Colours. The Natural Colouring Matters. Basic 
Cotton Dyestuffs. Substantive Cotton Dyestuffs. Sulphur Dyestuffs. Acid and 
Resorcine Dyestuffs. Insoluble Azo-Colours, Produced on the Fibre. The Vat Dye¬ 
stuffs. Mordant Dyestuffs. Colours Produced on the Fibre by Oxidation. Dyeing 
Machinery. Estimation of the Value of Dyestuffs. Appendix. 

HURST, GEORGE H., and SIMMONS, W. H. Textile Soaps and Oils. A 

handbook on the preparation, properties, and analyses of the soaps and 
oils used in textile manufacturing, dyeing and printing. Second Edi¬ 
tion, Revised and Partly Rewritten, n ill., 5)4 x 8 j 4 , 204 pp. $ 3.50 
(For contents see page 35.) 

KINZER, H., and WALTER, K. Theory and Practice of Damask Weaving. 

Translated from the German by Arthur Morris and Herbert Robson. 
6 ill., 18 folding plates, 6)4 x 9 ^ 4 , no pp. $ 4.00 

KRETSCHMAR, KARL. Yarn and Warp Sizing in All Its Branches. 

Translated from the German by C. Salter. 122 ill., 6)4 x 10, 192 pp. 

$ 5.00 

CONTENTS: The Materials to be Sized; Cotton; Linen or Flax, Ramie and Jute; 
Wool. The Materials Used in Sizing; The Sized Material; The Sizing Process; 
Apparatus for and Method of Preparing the Size; Hand-Sizing Yarn in Hanks or 
Warps; Machine-Sizing, Take-off Beam and Warp Tension during the Drying 
Process. Sizing Recipes for Different Effects; Combined Dyeing and Sizing; The 
Purchase and Testing of Sizing Ingredients. Flours; Starches; Dextrin; Glue; 
Gum Arabic; Gum Tragacanth; Soaps; Oils and Fats; Sizing Preparations. 

LOMAX, J. W. Fine Cotton Spinning. A practical manual. Ill., 5 x 7^4 
131 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Terms on Which Cotton is Bought; Testing Raw Cottons; 
Egyptian Cottons; Opening and Scutching Machinery; Carding Engines; 
Combing; Drawing; Production of Good Roving; The Flyer Throstle, Ring 
Frame and Mule; Modern Mill Planning; Specifications for Machines; Sys¬ 
tematic Cleaning and Overhauling of Machinery. 

LORD, R. T. Decorative and Fancy Textile Fabrics. A valuable book with 
designs and illustrations for manufacturers and designers of carpets, 
damask, dress and all textile fabrics. 132 ill., 5)4 x 8^4, cloth. 210 pp. 

$ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Hints on Design; Hints for Ruled Paper Draughtsmen; The 
Jacquard Machine; Brussels and Wilton Carpets; Tapestry Carpets; Ingrain 
Carpets; Axminster Carpets; Damask and Tapestry Fabrics; Scarf Silks and 
Ribbons; Silk Handkerchiefs; Dress Fabrics; Mantle Cloths;-Figured Plush; 
Bed Quilts; Calico Printing. 

MACKIE, J. How to Make a Woollen Mill Pay. 5)4 x 7^4, 77 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Blends, Piles, or Mixtures of Clean Scoured Wools; Dyed Wool 
Book; The Order Book; Pattern Duplicate Book; Management and Oversight; 
Constant Inspection of Mill Departments; Importance of Delivering Goods to 
Time, Shade, Strength, etc.; Plums. 


58 TEXTILES 

MIERZINSKI, S. The Waterproofing of Fabrics. Translated from the 

German by Arthur Morris and Herbert Robson. Second Edition, Re¬ 
vised and Enlarged. 29 ill., 5 x 7)^, 140 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Definition; Preliminary Treatment of the Fabric; Waterproofing 
with Acetate of Alumina; Impregnation of the Fabric; Drying; Waterproofing 
with Paraffin Wax, Ammonium Cuprate and Insoluble Soaps of Metallic Oxides; 
Dyeing Waterproof Fabrics; Waterproofing with Gelatine, Tannin, Caseinate of 
Lime and Other Bodies; Manufacture of Tarpaulin; British Waterpoofing 
Patents. 

MITCHELL, C. A., and PRIDEAUX, R. M. Fibres Used in Textile and 
Allied Industries. 66 ill., 5^4 x 8^4, 208 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Wool. Vicuna. Camel Hair. Alpaca. Llama 
Hair. Mohair. Cashmere. Goats’ Hair. Cow Hair. Horse Hair. Deer Hair. 
Reindeer Hair. Rabbits’ Hair. Cats’ Hair. Dogs’ Hair. Kangaroo’s Hair. 
Human Hair. Silk. Cotton. Mercerized Cotton. Artificial Silks. Linen. 
Falx Wax. Ramie. Jute. Hemp. Sisal Hemp. Pita Fibre. Manila Hemp. 
Musa Paradisiaca Fibre. Banana Fibre. Andasonia Fibre. Sanseviera Fibre. 
Sunn Hemp. Gambo Hemp. New Zealand Flax. Mauritius Hemp. Yercum 
Fibre. Pine Apple Fibre. Brush Fibres. Vegetable Downs and Upholstery 
Fibres. 

Brings together in a form convenient for use in the laboratory both the 
microscopical and chemical technical methods of examining fibres. It 
includes fibres used in a more or less dissociated condition in spinning, 
weaving, cordage, brush-making and upholstery, but does not include 
furriery or paper making. Practically all of the illustrations are drawn to 
the same scale (a magnification of 104 diameters) as an aid to rapid com¬ 
parison, and were all made especially for the book. 

NASMITH, J. The Students’ Cotton Spinning, Sixteenth Edition, Revised 
and Enlarged. 250 ill., cloth, 622 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: Evolution of Cotton Spinning; Distribution of Varieties of Cot¬ 
ton; Mixing, Opening and Scutching; Carding; Card Clothing and Grinding; 
Combing and Drawing; Slubbing and Roring; Theory of Spinning; Mule and 
Ring Spinning; Reeling, Winding and Manufacture of Thread; Waste Spinning; 
Arrangement of Drafts and Production. 

NASMITH, J. Recent Cotton Mill Construction and Engineering. Third 

Edition. 124 ill., 5 x 7 J 4 , 277 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Constructional Details; Slow Burning and One Storyed Buildings; 
Cost Strength and Fire Resistance of Floors; Fire Appliances; Sprinklers; Light¬ 
ing; Heating, Ventilation and Humidity; Calculation of Machines in Mill; Steam 
Boilers and Appliances; Steam Engines; Lighting Engines and Other Acces¬ 
sories; Turbines; Gearing; Shafting and Bearings. 

NISBET, H. Grammar of Textile Design. Second Edition, Revised and 

Enlarged. 635 ill., 5 J 4 x 8 J 4 , 515 pp. $ 7.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction; The Plain Weave and Its Modifications; Twill and 
Kindred Weaves; Diamond Weaves; Diamond and Kindred Weaves; Bedford 
Cords; Backed Fabrics; Fustians; Terry and Loop Pile Fabrics; Gauze and Net 
Leno Fabrics; Leno Brocade Fabrics; Tissue|, Lappet, and Swivel Figured 
Fabrics, also Ondule Fabrics * Brocade Fabrics; Damask Fabrics; Alhambra and 
Kindred Fabrics; Piques or Toilet Welts, also Matelasse Fabrics; Toilet Quilting 
Fabrics; Patent Satin or Mitcheline Fabrics; Tapestry Fabrics, also Kidder¬ 
minster or Scotch Carpet Fabrics. 

PATTERSON, D. Textile Color Mixing. A manual intended for the use of 
dyers, calico printers, and color chemists. Second Edition, Revised. 
41 ill., 5 plates, 5J4 x 8^, 140 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Color a Sensation; Light Waves; Objects Luminous and Ilium- 


TEXTILES 


59 


mated | Colors of Illuminated Bodies; Production of Color by Absorption ; Dif¬ 
fraction; Dispersion; Fluorescence; Colors of Opaque and Transparent Bodies; 
Surface Color; Analysis of Light; Spectrum; Homogeneous Colors; Ready 
Method of Obtaining a Spectrum; Simple Absorption Spectra; Aid of Spectro¬ 
scope ; Examination of Solar Spectrum; Dark Lines; Locality of the Colors; 
The Spectroscope: Its Construction; Absorption Spectra; Colorists’ Use of the 
Spectroscope. Color by Absorption. Absorption of Color Produced by Admix¬ 
ture; Absorption Spectra; Solutions and Dyed Fabrics; Luminosity Curves; Ab¬ 
sorption Curves; Dichroism; Dichroic Colored Fabrics in Gaslight; Color Pri¬ 
maries of the Scientist Versus the Dyer and Artist; Color Mixing by Rotation 
and by Dyeing; Secondary and Tertiary Colors; Constants; Hue, Purity, Bright¬ 
ness; Tints, Shades, Scales, Tones, Sad and Sombre Colors; Complementary 
Colors. Color Mixing. Mixing Qualities of Colors; Pure and Impure Green, 
Orange and Violet; Large Variety of Shades from Few Colors; Consideration 
of the Practical Primaries, Red, Yellow and Blue; Secondary Colors; Orange; 
Green; Violet; Nomenclature of Violet and Purple Group; Violet from Rhoda- 
mine Pink and Wool Green; Purple; Tints and Shades of Violet; Changes in 
Artificial Light. Tertiary Shades. Broken Hues; Maroons; Browns; Citrines 
and Olives; Absorption Spectra of Tertiary Shades; Dyed Patterns; Appendix; 
Four Plates with Dyed Specimens illustrating text. 

PATTERSON, D. Color Matching- on Textiles. A manual intended for the 
use of dyers, calico printers, and textile color chemists. 29 ill., $ l / 2 x 
8 J 4 , 140 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Light and Color; Structure and Function of the Eye; Daylight 
for Color Matching; Color Constants; Difficulties in Matching; Reflected Light 
Examination; Transmitted Light Matching; Color Modifying Influences in Dyed 
Textiles; Use of Tinted Films; Color Blindness; Matching Dyed Silks and Old 
Fabrics; Aspect of Shades Under Artificial Lights. 

PATTERSON, D. Color Printing of Carpet Yarns. A useful manual for 
color chemists and textile printers. Ill., 6 x 8 ^ 4 , 148 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Wool Fibre; Yarn Scouring; Scouring Materials; Water; Puri¬ 
fication of Lime; Bleaching Carpet Yarns; Colors, Dyes and Color Making; 
Color Printing Pastes; “Hank” Printing; Yarn Printing; Steaming; Washing; 
Aniline Colors; Glossary of Drugs and Dye Wares Used in Wool Yarn Printing; 
Tables. 

POLLEYN, F. Dressings and Finishings for Textile Fabrics and Their 
Application. Translated from the third German edition by Charles 
Saiter. 60 ill., 524 x 8 * 4 , 279 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: The Dressing Process and Materials for Same; Stiffenings and Glazes; 
Adhesive Dressings; Materials for Soft Dresings; Dressings for Filling and Loading; 
Antiseptic Dressing Ingredients; Dyeing and Blueing Agents; Various Dressings; 
The Preparation of Dressing; Recipes for Dressings; Dressings for Linens; Yarn 
Dressings; Laundry Glazes; Yarn Sizing; Finishing Woolen Goods; Finishing 
Silk Fabrics; Waterproof Dressings; Fireproof Dressings; Special Finishing Process; 
the Application of Dressing Preparations; Testing Dressings. 

RAYNER, H. Silk Throwing and Waste Silk Spinning. 

New Edition in Press 

CONTENTS: Raw Silk; The Silkworm; Egg Hatching; Cocoon Reeling and 
Qualities of Silk; Throwing; Waste Spinning; Wastes; Preparation of Waste 
for Degumming; Waste Degumming; Opening and Dressing of Wastes; Waste 
Drawing and Preparing Machinery; Short Spinning Machinery; Spinning and 
Finishing Processes; Utilization of Waste Products. 

REISER, N. Spinning and Weaving Calculations. With special reference 
to woolen fabrics. Translated from the German by Charles Salter. 
34 ill-, l 7 2 PP- $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Calculating the Raw Material; The Yarn; Reed Calculations; 


6 o 


TEXTILES 


Calculations for Weaving; Harness Calculations; Finishing and Estimating from 
Cuttings. Calculating Full Cost of Goods. Preliminary Remarks; Various 
Methods; Special Methods; Calculation of Fabrics Beforehand to Match 
Samples. 

REISER, N. Faults in the Manufacture of Woolen Goods and Their Pre¬ 
vention. Translated from the Second German Edition by Arthur 
Morris and Herbert Robson. Ill., 5/4 x 7^, 186 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Improper Raw Material; Wrong Treatment of Material; Improper 
Setting of Goods in j;he Loom; Wrong Placing of Colors; Wrong Weight or 
Width of the Goods ; Breaking of Warp and Weft Threads; Errors in Woven 
Structure; Inequalities, Bands and Stripes; Faulty Borders; Defective Selvedges; 
Holes and Balloons; Rubbed Places; Creases; Spots; Loose and Bad Colors; 
Badly Dyed Selvedges; Hard Goods; Brittle Goods; Uneven Goods; Removal 
of Bands,' Stripes, Creases and Spots. 

SMITH, W. Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing. Lectures delivered before 
the hat manufacturers’ association. Revised and edited by Albert 
Shonk. Ill., 5x7)4, cloth, 131 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Textile Fibres, Principally Wool, Fur and Hair; Water, Its 
Impurities and Their Action; Acids and Alkalis; Boric Acid; Borax; Soap; 
Shellac; Wood Spirit; Stiffening and Proofing Process; Mordants; Dyestuffs 
and Colors; Dyeing of Wool and Fur; Optical Properties of Colors. 

% 

TAILFEIt, L. Practical Treatise on the Bleaching of Linen and Cotton Yarn 
and Fabrics. Translated from the French by John G. McIntosh. Ill., 
5)4 X 8 ) 4 , 318 pp. $ 7.00 

CONTENTS: General Considerations of Bleaching, Steeping, Washing, Lye 
Boiling, Mather and Platt’s Keir; Soap; Bleaching on Grass or on the Bleaching 
Green or Lawn; Sours; Drying; Damages to Fabrics in Bleaching; Valuation 
of Caustic and Carbonated Alkali; Chlorometry or Filtration of Decolorizing 
Chlorides; Chlorine and Decolorizing Chlorides; Water; Bleaching of Yarn; 
Installation of a Bleaching Works; Energy of Decolorizing Chlorides; Produc¬ 
tion of Chlorine and Hypochlorites by Electrolysis Bleaching by Ozone. 

THORNLEY, T. Cotton Combing Machines. 121 ill., 5)4 x 8 ) 4 , 358 pp. 

$ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Silver Lap Machine, Ribbon Lap Machine and Draw Frame; 

Description of Heilmann Comber; Cam Shaft; Detaching and Attaching Mech¬ 
anism of Comber; Duplex Comber; Resetting of Combers; Erection of a Heil¬ 
mann Comber; Stop Motions; Various Calculations: Various Notes and Dis¬ 
cussions ; Cotton Combing Machines of Continental Make. 

THORNLEY, T. Cotton Waste. Its production, manipulation and uses. 
60 ill., 6 x 8)4, 292 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Production, Characteristics, and Regulation of Cotton Waste; 

Treatment of Best Cotton Wastes in Cotton-Spinning Mills, with other notes; 
Opening and Cleaning of Cotton Waste; Carding of Cotton Waste; Final Spin¬ 
ning Machines for Cotton Wastes; Use of Cotton Waste Yarns in Weaving; 
Various Notes. 

THORNLEY. THOMAS. Cotton Spinning. In three volumes. Ill., 5x7)4. 
First Year. 84 ill., 170 pp. “ $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Cultivation, Classification, Ginning. Baling and Mixing of the Raw 
Cottton; Bale-Breakers, Mixing Lattices and Hopper Feeders; Opening and 
Scutching; Carding. 

Second Year. Third Edition, Revised and Greatly Enlarged. 112 ill,, 
3 i 5 PP- $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: The Combing Process; The Drawing Frame; Bobbin and Fly 
Frames; Mule Spinning; Ring Spinning, 


TEXTILES-DYES AND DYEING 


61 


Third Year. Second Edition. 75 ill., 225 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Cotton; The Practical Manipulation of Cotton Spinning Machin¬ 
ery; Doubling and Winding; Reeling, Bundling and Gassing; Warping, Testing, 
Commerce and Uses of Yarns; Production and Costs; Main Driving; Arrange¬ 
ment of Machinery and Mill Planning; Waste and Waste Spinning. 

TURNER, H. Worsted Spinners’ Practical Handbook. 54 ill., 5 x y l / 2y 145 
pp. v $3.00 

CONTENTS: Preparing. Objects; Suitability; Machinery; Points to be Ob¬ 
served; Particulars for Calculating; Turn Off from Preparing Gill Boxes. 
Carding. Worsted Carding; Particulars of Machine; Advantages; Points Re¬ 
quiring Attention; Card Feeding; Action of Hopper Feed; Worsted Card; 
Driving of Parts; Card Clothing; Foundation; Wire; Character and Shape of 
Wire; The Setting of Wire into the Foundation; Form of Finished Clothing; 
Method of Counting Card Clothing. Combing. The Balling Punch; Noble’s 
Comb. Open Drawing. Particulars of Drawing; Points Influencing Number of 
Operations; Hints on Gilling and Drawing; Feeding; Levelling up in Drawing; 
The Turn-off of Machines. Cone Drawing. Drafting, Spindle Driving; Bobbin 
Driving; Lifter Driving; Cone Drawing and Roving. Spinning. Counts of 
Yarn, Draft and Twist; Ratch and Carriers; Twist; Flyer Spinning; Lifter 
Motion; Calculations for Lifter. 

A practicable book, small enough for the pocket, on the daily routine of the 
worsted spinner’s work, so concise and accurate as to be an invaluable com¬ 
panion. 

VON GEORGIEVICS, G. The Chemical Technology of Textile Fibres. 

Their origin, structure, preparation, washing, bleaching, dyeing, print¬ 
ing and dressing. Translated from the German by Charles Salter. 

New Edition in Press 

CONTENTS: . The Textile Fibres. Washing, Bleaching, Carbonising. Mordants 
and Mordanting. Dyeing. Theory of Color; Theory of Dyeing; Classification 
of Dyestuffs; Dyeing on a Manufacturing Scale; Sample Dyeings. Printing. 
Reproductions of Patterns by Direct Printing; Combined Printing and Dyeing; 
Discharge Style Printing; Reserve Style Printing; Topping Printing. Dressing 
and Finishing. Starch, Gum, Fatty Substances; Hydroscopic Materials; Loading 
Ingredients; Coloring for the Dressing Preparations; Metals or Their Sulphites ; 
Waterproofing; Fireproofing Antiseptics for Prevention of Mould. 

ZIPSER, J. Textile Raw Materials, and Their Conversion into Yarns. 

Translated from the German by Charles Salter. 302 ill., 6^x834, 
500 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Raw Materials Used in Textile Industry; Mineral, Vegetable and 
Animal Raw Materials; Technology of Spinning or Conversion of Textile Raw 
Material into Yarn; General Review of Various Branches of the Spinning 
Process; Spinning Vegetable and Animal Raw Materials. 

DYES AND DYEING 

BARNETT, E. DeB. Coal Tar Dyes and Intermediates. 5 J / 2 xS} 4 , 229 pp. 
(Industrial Chemistry Series.) $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction. The Intermediate Compounds. Nitration; Amida- 
tion ; Sulphonation ; Hydroxylation ; Miscellaneous Intermediates. The Dyestuffs. 
The Nitroso-Dves The Nitro-Dyes; The Azo-Dyes; The Diphenylmethane Dyes; 
The Triphenylmethane Dyes; The Indamineis and Indophenols; The Azines; The 
Oxazines; The Thiazines; The Indigold Dyestuffs; The Anthraquinone Dyes; 
The Quinoline Dyes; The Acridine Dyes; The Sulphur or Sulphide Dyes. 

Gives a clear account of the most important synthetic dyes and the inter¬ 
mediate compounds from which they are derived. Being essentially a book 
on industrial chemistry, information cf purely academic interest has been 
largely omitted, 



62 DYES AND DYEING 

BARNETT, E. DeB. Synthetic Dyes, 5>4x8^4. (Industrial Chemistry 
Series.) In Press 

FAY, IRVING- W. The Chemistry of Coal-Tar Dyes. Second Edition, Revised 
and Enlarged. 6x9, 500 pp. $5.00 

(Author is professor of chemistry at Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn.) 

CONTENTS: Coal-Tar and its Products. The Hydrocarbons and their Deriva¬ 
tives. The Nitro and Nitroso Dyes. The Triphenylmethane Dyes. Classi¬ 
fication of the Coal-Tar Dyes. Azo Dyes. Seven Food Colors. Pyronines. 
Indomines, Indophenols, Thiazines, Oxazines. Eurhodines and Safranines, 
Quinoxiline, Quinoline and Acridine Dyes. Aniline Black. Alizarin Dye¬ 
stuffs. Indigo. Sulphur Dyes. Mordants; Vat Dyes; Thiazol Dyes; Experi¬ 
mental Work. 

Intended for those students and dyers who have a good knowledge of general 
chemistry, and some knowledge of organic chemistry. The object is to 
present, briefly, the origin and history of coal-tar production, and a dis¬ 
cussion of the intermediate products between the coal-tar and the dyes 
themselves. The methods of making the dyes are taken up, followed by a 
study of the relations of the great classes of dyes, and also the individual 
dyes themselves, to one another in the same class. The development of one 
color from another by a change in its composition is explained, and tables 
showing the variation of color accompanying change of composition are 
included. The proof of constitution is in many places given in such detail 
as to allow the student to comprehend the bases for the structure of ihe 
complex molecules of the dyes. The use of mordants and the character of 
the union between the dyes and animal and vegetable fibres are also included. 

A few manufacturing processes are introduced here and there in detail, to 
give clear conceptions of this phase of the subject. Some practical experi¬ 
ence to assist in comprehending the theory of the subject is made possible 
by a course of experiments, the performance of which aids in vivifying this 
difficult and interesting subject. 

SOXHLET, D. H. Art of Dyeing and Staining Marble, Artificial Stone, 
Bone, Horn, Ivory and Wood. Translated from the German by Arthur 
Morris and Herbert Robson. 5*4 x 7^4, 176 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Mordants and Stains; Natural Dyes; Artificial Pigments; Coal 
Tar Dyes; Staining Marble and Artificial Stone; Dyeing, Bleaching and Imitation 
of Bone, Horn and Ivory; Wood Dyeing; Varnishes and Polishes. 

VON GEORGIEVICS, G. Chemistry of Dyestuffs. Translated from the 

Second German Edition by Charles Salter. 6 x 8 ^ 4 , cloth, 412 pp. 

Revised Edition in Press 
CONTENTS: Coal Tar; Intermediate Products in the Manufacture of Dye- 
Stuffs. The Artificial Dyestuffs. Nitroso; Nitro; Azo; Substantive Cotton; 
Azoxystilbene; Hydrazones; Ketonimides; Triphenylmethane; Rosolic Acid; 
Xanthene;. Xanthone; Flarones; Oxyketone; Quinoline and Acridine; Quinoni- 
mide; The Azine Group; Eurhodines; Safranines; Quinoxalines; Indigo; Dye¬ 
stuffs of Unknown Constitution; Sulphur or Sulphine Dyestuffs; Development of 
the Artificial Dyestuff Industry; Natural Dyestuffs; Mineral Colors. 

WHITTAKER, C M. The Application of the Coal Tar Dyestuffs. The prin¬ 
ciples involved and the methods employed. 5*4 x 8 ^ 4 , 252 pp. (In¬ 
dustrial Chemistry Series.) $3.00 

CONTENTS: General Survey of Dyeing; The Varied Uses of the Basic Dye¬ 
stuffs; The Application of the Acid Dyestuffs; The Turkey-Red Industry, and 
Other Uses of the Alizarine Dyestuffs; The Application of the Direct Cotton 
Dyestuffs, Including Those Which Develop on the Fibre; The Azo-coloring 
Matters and Their Special Use in Dyeing; The Properties of the Resorcine Dye¬ 
stuffs; The Application of the Sulphur Dyestuffs; The Application of the Vat 
Dyestuffs; The Dyeing of Union Materials, Including Garments; ColQrs Pro-^ 


CANNING AND PRESERVING 63 

duced on the Fibre by the Oxidation of Coal Tar Products; Other Uses of Coal 
Tar Dyestuffs Still in Use; The Valuation and Detection of Dyestuffs. 

This book has been written with a view to giving the reader a firm grasp of 
the chemical principles involved, and the methods used in the application 
of the coal tar dyestuffs, so that when he commences to carry out dyeing 
under actual commercial conditions he will know the why and the wherefore 
of the methods employed. 

WOOD, JOHN K. The Chemistry of Dyeing. 5^x7^. 90 pp. (Van 

Nostrand’s Chemical Monographs.) ' $1.00 

CONTENTS: The Chemical Composition and Properties of the Textile Fibers; 
Dyes and Their Properties; The Nature of the Dyeing Process; Bibliography. 

A concise and connected account of the work which has been carried out, 
particularly during the last thirty years, with the object of throwing light on 
the nature of the dyeing processes. 

n CANNING AND PRESERVING 

HATJSNER, A. Manufacture of Preserved Foods and Sweetmeats. A hand¬ 
book of all the processes for the preservation of flesh, fruit, and veg¬ 
etables, and for the preparation of dried fruit, dried vegetables, marma¬ 
lades, fruit-syrups, and fermented beverages, and of all kinds of candies, 
candied fruit, sweetmeats, rocks, drops, dragees, pralines, etc. Trans¬ 
lated from the Third Enlarged German Edition by Arthur Morris and 
Herbert Robson, B.Sc. 28 ill., 5x7^4, 231 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Causes of Putrefaction of Food; Composition of Food; Decom¬ 
position; Various Methods of Preserving; Meats; Eggs; Milk; Fat; Vegetable 
Foods; Fruits; Manufacture of Jam and Jellies; Manufacture of Candied Fruit; 
Carmelized Fruit; Bonbon Making; Fruit Drops; Machinery and Appliances for 
Candy Making; Oils in Candy Making; Recipes, etc. 

WAGNER. E. Recipes for the Preserving of Fruit, Vegetables and Meat. 

Translated from the German. 14 ill., 6x9, 125 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Preserved Fruits. Canned Fruits; Glazed and Candied Fruits; 
Marmalades, Jams, and Fruit Juices; Fruit Jellies; Fruit Pulp for Ices; Pre¬ 
served Vegetables; Preserved Meats. 

FOOD INSPECTION—DRUGS 

BENNETT, H. G. Animal Proteids. 5/ / 2 x ^M« (Industrial Chemistry 
Series.) In Press 

BLYTH, A. W., and BLYTIJ, M. W. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection. 

Fourth Edition, Thoroughly Revised, Enlarged and Rewritten. Ill., 
7x914, 804 pp. ' ^ $ 8.50 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Classification; Poisonous Gases; Carbon Monoxide; 
Chlorine; Hydric Sulphide; Acids and Alkalies; Volatile Poisonous Substances 
Separable by Distillation from Neutral or Acid Liquids; Alkaloids and Poisonous 
Vegetable Principles Separated by Alcoholic Solvents; Poisons Derived from 
Living or Dead Animal Substances; Oxalic Acid Groups of Poisons; Inorganic 
Poisons; Appendix. 

BL¥TH, A. W., and BLYTH, M. W. Foods: Their Composition and Analysis. 

A manual for the use of analytical chemists and others. With an 
introductory essay on the history of adulteration. Sixth Edition, Thor¬ 
oughly Revised, Enlarged and Rewritten. Ill., 6 J 4 x 9 / 4 > 645 pp. $ 8.50 
CONTENTS: History of Adulteration in Various Countries; Introductory; 




6 4 


FOOD INSPECTION—DRUGS 


Carbo-Hydrates; Milk, Cream, Butter, Cheese; Tea, Coffee, Cocoa; Alcohol, 
Spirits, Fermented Liquors, Wine; Vinegar; Mustard, Pepper, Spices, Condi¬ 
ments; Examination and Water Analysis. 

BRUCE, EDWIN M. Detection of the Common Food Adulterants. Third 

Edition, Revised and Enlarged. S/i x 7 V 2 > 95 PP* $ 1.40 

CONTENTS: Dairy Products; Meat and Eggs; Cereal Products; Leavening 
Material; Canned and Bottled Vegetables; Fruits and Fruit Products; Flavoring 
Extracts; Saccharine Products; Spices; Vinegar; Fats and Oils; Beverages. 

For this Third 'Edition the book has been greatly enlarged and added to, so 
that it now contains the latest and most approved tests for the common food 
adulterants. It aims to‘ give the qualitative tests for the purity of various 
foods, and includes a list of the more common adulterants. It will prove, as 
before, of great help to health officers, food inspectors, chemistry teachers, 
and all others called upon to test the purity of various foods and food pro¬ 
ducts. 

CHRISTIAN, M. Disinfection and Disinfectants. Translated from the Ger¬ 
man by Chas. Salter. 18 ill., S J A x 7 H> 112 PP- $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Physical Disinfection. Heat, Light and Other Rays; Electric Cur¬ 
rents and Mechanical Influences. Chemical Disinfection. Liquid Disinfectants; 
Tablets; Gaseous Disinfectants; Combined Systems of Disinfection; Gartner’s 
Method of Disinfecting Books; Formalin Vapor Method. 

MACE WEN, HUGH A. Food Inspection. A practical handbook. Illus. 

6 J A x 9> 264 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: The Inspection of Meat, and the Diseases Commonly Met with 
in the Abattoir, The Construction and Management of Slaughter Houses and 
Public Abattoirs, and the Law Relating to Slaughter Houses and Markets; The 
Inspection of Fish, Poultry, Game, Vegetables, Fruit, etc., Considered from a 
Hygienic Standpoint, and the Law Relating to Unsound Foods; Preservation 
and Storage of Meat and other Foods, and the Causes of Unwholesomeness in 
Food. 

PAXES, W. C. G., and NANKIVELL, A. T. The Science of Hygiene. A 

text-book of laboratory practice. 80 ill., 5x7^, 175 pp. $ 1.75 

CONTENTS: Water Analysis. Interpretation of Results. Standard Solutions. 
Analysis of: Milk; Butter; Flour; Bread; Coffee; Spirits: Wines; Beer; Vinegar; 
Air; Soils; Disinfectants. Miscroscopy. Meat Inspection. Appendix. 

This new edition of Dr. Pakes’ work aims to maintain the standard of excellence 
set by its predecessor in furnishing a concise and simple laboratory manual, 
apart from bacteriological methods, for those who work in public health 
laboratories. 

PARRY, ERNEST J. The Analysis of Food and Drugs. In two volumes. 

Ill., 6^x9^. 

Vol. I. The Analysis of Food and Drugs (Chemical and Microscop¬ 
ical). 59 ill., 752 pp. $ 9.50 

CONTENTS: Foods Tea, Cocoa, and Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Coffee: Milk, 
Cheese, Butter, Lard, Suet, Olive Oil; The Carbohydrate Foods; Spices, Flavor¬ 
ing Essences, etc.; Alcoholic Beverageis; Flesh Foods, Extract of Meat. Gelatine; 
Microscopical Analysis. Drugs. Crude Drugs and Certain Galenicals; Drugs 
Containing Alkaloids, Capable of Approximate Determination; The Essential 
Oils of the British Pharmacopoeia; The Fixed Oils, Fats, and Waxes of the 
British Pharmacopoeia; The Chemicals of the Pharmacopoeia; Table of Chem¬ 
icals. 

Vol. II. The Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-1907. 181 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction; The Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875; The Sale 
of Food and Drugs Act Amendment Act, 1879; The Sale of Food and Drugs 
Act, 1899; The Margarine Act, 1887; The Butter and Margarine Act, 1907. 


AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY 65 

RIDEAL, S. The Carbohydrates. x 8 J 4 - (Industrial Chemistry Series.) 

In Press 

VACHER, FRANCIS. The Food Inspector’s Handbook. A practical guide 
for medical officers of health, meat inspectors, army officers, students, 
and others. Sixth Edition, Thoroughly Revised and Greatly Enlarged. 
98 ill., colored plates, 5% xyy, 340 pp. 

CONTENTS: The Food Inspector; His Qualifications and Obligations; Statutory 
Powers; Animals, Carcasses and Butchers’ Meats; Diseases of Animals which 
Render Meat Unfit for Human Food; Diseases of Animals which Depreciate the 
Quality of the Meat; Mode of Cutting up Meat: Poultry and Game; Fish; Fruits 
and Vegetables; Corn, Bread and Flour; Milk; Arrowroot and Similar Prepara¬ 
tions ; Butter and Its Substitutes; Cheese, Lard and Eggs; Tea, Coffee, Cocoa and 
Sugar ; Condiments, Spices, etc. 


AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY 
(Soils and Fertilisers ) 

AIRMAN, C. M. Manures and the Principles of Manuring. Third Edition. 

$xyy 2 , 623 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Fertility of the Soil; Functions Performed by Ma¬ 
nures; Nitrogen; Nitrification; Phosphoric Acid; Potash; Farmyard Manure; 
Guano; Nitrate of Soda; Sulphate of Ammonia; Bones; Mineral Phosphates; 
Superphosphates; Thomas-Phosphate or Basic Slag; Potassic Manures; Minor 
Artificial Manures; Sewage as Manure; Composts; Indirect Manures; Gypsum; 
Salt; Application of Manures; Manuring of the Common Farm Crops; Methods 
of Application and Mixing Manures; Valuation and Analysis; The Rothmansted 
Experiments. 

BOURCART, E. Insecticides, Fungicides and Weedkillers. A practical mam 
ual on the diseases of plants and their remedies, for the use of manu¬ 
facturing chemists, agriculturists, aboriculturists and horticulturists. 
Translated from the French and revised bv Donald Grant. 83 tables, 
12 ill., 6 x 8 $ 4 , 450 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Plant Pathology; Etiology; Animal Parasites; Vegetable Parasites; 
Microbe Parasites; Balanced Disinfection; Therapeutics; Vegetable Surgery; 
Prophylaxy; Insecticides, Fungicides, and Weed Killers; Dictionary of Insects 
Injurious to Plants; Dictionary of Fungoid Diseases of Plants. 

CHURCH’S Laboratory Guide. A manual of practical chemistry for colleges 
and schools, specially arranged for agricultural students. Ninth Edi¬ 
tion, Revised and Largely Rewritten, by Edward Kinch. Ill., 5x7^, 
384 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Chemical Manipulations. Qualitative Analysis. Method; Solu¬ 
tions; Analytical Schemes; Table of Solubilities; Example. Quantitative Analysis. 
Sampling and Analysis of Manures; Analysis of Soils, Water and Foods; Appa¬ 
ratus. 

COLLINS, S. H. Plant Products and Chemical Fertilizers. 5^4 x 8^4 252 

pp. (Industrial Chemistry Series.) $3.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Fertilisers: Nitrogen Group of Fertilizers; The 
Phosphorus Group of Fertilizers; Potassium Group of Manures; Mixed Fer¬ 
tilizers. Soils. Soils and Their Properties; Special Soil Improvers: Soil Re¬ 
clamation. Crops. Photosynthesis; The Carbohydrates Produced in Crops; The 
Oil-Bearing Plants; The Nitrogen Compounds in Plants; Miscellaneous Plant 





66 


AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY 


Products; Produce Variability. The Production of Meat. The Foods Fed to 
Beasts; Calorific Value of Foods; Dairy Products; Future Developments. 

The; raw materials of agriculture are often the waste products of the other 
industries, and the produce of agriculture again forms the raw material for 
other industries. This book picks up the story of those industrial waste prod¬ 
ucts which are useful as fertilizers, and carry it on through the soil and crops, 
until new products are available for industrial uses. The volume covers the 
cycle from factory to fertilizer, from fertilizer to field, and from field to 
factory once more. 

FRITSCH, J. The Manufacture of Chemical Manures. Translated from 

the French, with numerous notes, by Donald Grant. 69 ill., 108 tables, 
6 x 8 ^ 4 , 355 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Phosphoric Acid. Principal Phosphate Deposits. Drying and 
Enrichment of Phosphates. Historical Review of Superphosphate Manufacture. 
Theory of Manufacture of Soluble Phosphate. Superphosphate Manufacture. 
Crushing, Sifting, Drying, and Storing of Superphosphate. Retrogradation. 
Compound Manures. Manufacture of Phosphoric Acid. Double Superphosphates 
and Various Products. Manufacture of Bone Dust and of Bone Superphosphate 
(Vitriolized Bones.) Manufacture of Basic Slag. Nitrogenous Manures. Manu¬ 
facture of Manure from Animal Waste. Recovery of Nitrogen from Distillery Spent 
Wash. Manufacture of Cyanamide and of Nitrate of Lime. Nitrogenized Phos- 
phatic Manures. Potassic Manures. Transference and Handling of Raw Materials 
and Finished Products. 

GRIFFITHS, A. B. A Treatise on Manures, or the Philosophy of Manuring. 

A practical handbook for the agriculturist, manufacturer, and student. 
Ill., 5% x 724 , 469 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: The Constituents of Plants; Vegetable Physiology; Natural Ma¬ 
nures; Artificial Manures; Phosphatic Manures; The Manure Works; Artificial 
Nitrogenous Manures; Various Mineral Manures; Iron Sulphate as a Manure; 
Ville’s System of Manuring; Application of Manures. 

GROSS, E. Hops, in Their Botanical, Agricultural and Technical Aspect, 
and as an Article of Commerce. Translated from the German by Charles 
Salter. With tables and diagrams. 78 ill., 6 j 4 x 9, 353 pp. $ 5.00 
CONTENTS: History; The Hop Plant Cultivation; Preservation and Storage; 
Physical and Chemical Structure of the Hop Cone; Judging Value of Hops; 
Statistics of Production; The Hop Trade. 

INGLE, H. Manual of Agricultural Chemistry. Fourth Edition. In Press 

CONTENTS: The Atmosphere; Soil; Reactions Occurring in Soils; Analysis 
of Soils; Manures; Analysis of Manures; Constituents of Plants; The Plant: 
Crops; The Animal; Foods and Feeding; Milk and Milk Products; Analysis of 
Milk; Miscellaneous Products Used in Agriculture. 

JOHNSTON, J. F. W., and CAMERON, CHAS. Elements of Agricultural Chem¬ 
istry and Geology. Twentieth Edition. Ill., 5 J 4 x 8 , cloth, 502 pp. 

$ 2.60 

CONTENTS: Chemical Nomenclature; Constituents of Plants and Animals; 

Composition of the Atmosphere; Growth of Plants; Soils; Rocks; Improvement 
of Soils; Lime; Irrigation ; Exhaustion of Soils; Germination of Seeds; Assim¬ 
ilation by Plants; Manures; Manuring; Animal Nutrition; Vegetable Foods; 
Fodder Crops; Seed Furnishing Crops; Roots and Tubers; Milk; Butter; Cheese; 
Food Rations. 

LAMBERT, T Bone Products and Manures. An account of the most recent 
improvements in the manufacture of fat, glue, animal charcoal, size, 
gelatine and manures. 21 ill., 6 x 8 ^ 4 , 162 pp. $ 3.50 


DAIRY CHEMISTRY 


67 

CONTENTS: Bones and Their Products; Glue; Gelatine; Uses of Glue, Gelatine 
and Size in Various Trades; Soils and Plant Life; Natural Manures; Artificial 
Manures; Mineral and Other Manures; Analysis of Raw and Finished Products: 
Tables. 

LLOYD. STRAUSS L. Mining and Manufacture of Fertilizing Materials and 

Their Relations to Soils. Ill., 5^x8, 159 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Chemistry of Fertilizers; Origin and Composition of Soils; The 
Relation Between Soils and Fertilizing Materials; Pebble Phosphate Ore Dress- 
mg and Milling; Hard Rock Phosphate Ore Dressing- and Milling; Phosphorus; 
Artificial Manure Manufacture; Manufacture of Superphosphate; Compound 
Manures; Nitrogenous Manures; The Fixation of Atmopheric Nitrogen; Manu¬ 
facture of Cyanamide and Nitrate of Lime—Experiments with Cyanamide; Po- 
tassic Manures Manufacture from Crude Salt, Feldspar, Sunflower and Kelp 
Plants; On the Examination of Commercial Fertilizers and Materials; On the 
Examination of Soils. 

MURRAY, J. A. Soils and Manures. 33 ill., 534x854, 367 pp. (Van 
Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) $2.00 

CONTENTS: Introductory. The Origin of Soils. Physical Properties of 
Soils. Chemistry of Soils. Biology of Soils. Fertility. Principles of Manuring 
Phosphatic Manures. Phospho-nitrogenous Manures. Nitrogenous Manures. 
Potash Manures. Compound and Miscellaneous Manures. General Manures 
Farmyard Manures. Valuation of Manures. Composition and Manural Value 
of Various Farm Foods. 


DAIRY CHEMISTRY 

FLEISCHMANN, W. The Book of the Dairy. A manual of the science and 

practice of dairy work. Translated from the German by C. M. Aikman 
and R. Patrick Wright. 84 ill., 5 plates. 6 l / 2 x8 A, 368 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: Secretion, Properties, and Composition of Milk; Extraction; Im¬ 
mediate Sale; Testing; Milk in Its Relation to Micro-Organisms, Dairying and 
Bacteriology; Butter Making; Manufacture of Cheese; Fermented Milk; By- 
Products of Milk; Economic Aspects of Dairying; Margarine and Margarine 
Cheese; Tables. 

MELICK, C. W. Dairy Laboratory Guide. 52 ill., 554 x 754, 134 pp. $ 1.25 

CONTENTS: Cream Separators; Babcock Tester; Lactometer; Acidity of Milk; 
Pasteurization; Starter Making; Curd; Cream Ripening and Grading; Churning; 
Tests on Butter; Cheese; Ice Cream; Dairy Bacteriology; Tests for Preservatives 
and Oleomargarine; Repairing Machinery; Milk Preparations; Disinfectants; 
Refrigeration; Bookkeeping. 

THOMSON. G. S. Milk and Cream Testing and Grading Dairy Products. 

For school, farm and factory. With an introduction by Samuel Lowe. 
Ill., 5x7^2, 224 pp. $ 2.25 

CONTENTS: Introduction; The Milk Supply; Experiments to Ascertain Fat 
Variations in Milk; The Milk Standard; Errors in Sampling Milk; Milk Tests 
for Householders; Pasteurisation; The Separator; Experiments in the Separa¬ 
tion of Milk; Fat Testing of Milk and Cream; Cream Testing; Skim Milk Test¬ 
ing; Fat Losses in Buttermilk; Testing Buttermilk; Testing Whey; Testing Con¬ 
densed Milk; Testing Cheese; Some Errors in Cream Testing. Thermome* 
Charts; Examinations in Milk and Cream Testing; Bacteriology; Grading 
Produce; Equipment of Factories for Grading; Butter Grading. 



68 


FLOUR MILLING 

KOZMIFT, PETEK A. Flour Milling. A theoretical and practical handbook 
of flour manufacture for millers, millwrights, flour-milling engineers, 
and others engaged in the flour-milling industry. Translated from the 
Russian by M. Falkner and Theodor Fjelstrup. 543 ill., 7x10, 
584 pp. $7.50 

CONTENTS: Historical Outline of Flour Milling; General Ideas of the Raw 
Materials for Flour Production; Preparation of Grain for Grinding; Grinding 
the Grain; Grading the Product According to Size; Grading the Product Accord¬ 
ing to Specific Gravity; Accessory Appliances and Mechanisms; Milling Dia¬ 
grams; Construction of Mill Buildings; The Cost of Erecting and of Working 
Mills. 

It is a singular fact that there is no serious modern work on flour milling in 
the English language. This work is the result of over twenty years of 
work and study of the technology of milling in nearly all of the flour pro¬ 
ducing countries of Europe as well as America, and will prove a practical 
and theoretical text for operative millers and for milling engineers who con¬ 
struct flour mills or design flour milling machinery. The illustrations, because 
of their large number and detail, should prove especially helpful. 


BOTANY 


STOPES, M. C. The Study of Plant Life. Second Edition. 156 ill., 7 plates, 
6 x9,214 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Life of the Plant. Parts and Uses of a Plant’s Body. Special¬ 
ization. The Five Great Classes. Plants in Their Homes. 

A manual on the elements of botany intended for use in teaching the idea 
that plants “live” and that their activities find expression in the plant 
world. The author believes that once the idea of their “livingness” is fully 
realized it is time to go on with the study of the details of the plants 
body, and then to the communities of plants which grow together, thus 
making possible the working out from observation of a complete and 
logical idea of plant life rather than the acquirement of a detailed but 
fruitless knowledge of barren facts. Only very few scientific terms are 
included, and these are used where they will be of value as describing 
thiigs which are not generally noticed. 




69 


PHYSICAL SCIENCES 

PHYSICS 

BOURGOUGNON, A. Physical Problems and Their Solution. Second Edi* 
tion. 3 ^ 4 x 6 , boards, 230 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Science Series, No. 

113.) $0.75 

CONTENTS: Lever; Inclined Plane; Falling Bodies; Pendulum; Hydrostatics, 
Pressure of Water; Transmitted Pressure; Hydraulic Press; Archimedes’ Prin¬ 
ciple ; Specific Gravity; Density; Efflux of Liquids Through Apertures; Floating 
Bodies ; Pneumatics ; Barometer ; Boyle’s Law ; Air Pump ; Siphon ; Acoustics; 
Reflection of Sound; Vibration of Strings; Musical Sound; Optics; Mirrors; Re¬ 
fraction of Light; Lenses; Heat; Measurement of Heat; Calorimetry; Latent 
and Specific Heat; Method of Mixtures; Mechanical Equivalent of Heat; Mag¬ 
netism and Electricity; C. G. S. System; Weights and Measures. 

COMSTOCK, D. F., and TROLAND, L. T. The Nature of Matter and Elec¬ 
tricity. An outline of modern views. Ill., 5x7, 200 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: A Brief Outline of the Modern Theory of Matter. Electricity and 
Energy. Introductory; The Ultima Realities; Atoms and Their Behavior; The 
Nature of Heat and Allied Phenomena; The Electron and Its Behavior; Elec¬ 
trons; Chemical Action, and Light; Electrons and Magnetism; Radioactivity; 
The Structure of the Atom; Recent Discoveries Concerning Radiation; Atoms 
and Life. Fifty-six Sections Discussing in Further Detail Some Problems More 
Briefly Treated in Part I. 

Gives in broad, schematic form the conception of the structure of the material 
universe which has developed in the minds of modern students of physical 
science. The treatment of the subject which is here offered is radically 
elementary, and is intended to be “popular” if not ‘ literary” in its style. A 
book of this nature, written in the light of the most recent discoveries, will 
find a welcome amongst the scientific laity, as well as with scientific or philo¬ 
sophic workers in general whose special fields are perhaps somewhat removed 
from that of theoretical physics. The work consists of two* parts, the first 
giving a rapid survey of the entire subject, outlining the fundamental concep¬ 
tions and emphasizing their most significant applications only, while the second 
retraces the same general field in a slower and less connected way, in order 
to consider details omitted in the more cursory treatment. The second part 
is divided into fifty-six sections, each of which is numbered and referred to 
by its number in the appropriate connection in Part I. 

CREHORE, ALBERT C. The Mystery of Matter and Energy. Recent 
progress as to the structure of matter. Ill., 434 x 7, 170 pp. $ 1.00 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Atomic Constitution of Matter; The Electron; 
Millikan’s Oil-drop Method of Measuring Its Charge; Review* of Electrical 
Progress; Light an Electrical Phenomenon; Hertz’ Measurement of the 
Velocity of Electromagnetic Waves; Detectors; High Frequency Waves on 
Wires; Electromagnetic Theory; Connection Between the .Ether and Matter; 
Evolution of the Theory; Physical World in Difficult Position; Helmholtz’ 
View; The Role of Faith in Science; Constancy of the Velocity of Light; 
Michelson and Morley Experiment; Theory of Relativity; New Presentation 
of the “Clock” Illustration; Other Explanations of the Michelson and Morley 
Experiment; X-Rays; Discovery of Lane; Work of Moseley; Application of 
Electromagnetic Theory to Matter in Its Steady State; Fundamental Con¬ 
ceptions of Atomic Structure; Average Mechanical Force Between Two Elec¬ 
trical Charges Revolving in Circular Orbits, by the Lorentz and Thomson 
Forms of Electromagnetic Equations; The Lorentz Forms Give Terms Vary¬ 
ing Inversely as the Square of the Distance, and Suggests That This is the 
Cause of Gravitation; Force Dependent upon the Revolution of the Electrons, 
and Proportioned to the Sum of the Squares of Their Velocities; Theory of 
Crystal Structure; The Work of J. Frenkel on Contact Electromotive Force 
and Surface Tension; Equal Angular moment of Momentum Hypothesis Dis- 



70 


PHYSICS 


carded; Atoms of Oxygen, Sulphur, Chlorine and Bromine Not All Alike in 
Different Crystals, Though They Have the Same Atomic Weight; Why Crys¬ 
tals Are Almost Incompressible; Calculation of the Bulk Modulus; Compar¬ 
ison with Experimental Values; Departure from the Steady State introduces 
an Entirely New Set of Phenomena; Energy Transfer; The Nature of Heat; 
Theory Leads Us to Expect That the Same Bodies When Hot Attract Each 
Other Gravitationally with Greater Force Than When Cold; Shaw Has De¬ 
tected a Temperature Coefficient Experimentally; Effects That Produce 
Changes in the Atoms Themselves; Magnetization; Conduction in Metals; 
Speculation as to the Kind of Chemical Elements in the Interior of the Earth, 
Based upon the Gravitational Theory; Probably Hydrogen; Formation of 
Molecules with Atoms; Planck’s Theory; The Constant “h”; Attempt to 
Throw Some Light upon This Constant by the Use of Electromagnetic The¬ 
ory; Possible Classification of the Phenomena Based upon a Distinction Be¬ 
tween the Steady State and the State When There is a Transfer of Energy; 
Thermo-chemistry; Energy Transfer the Principal Subject Before Us. 


CREHORE, A. C. New Theory of the Atom. 5 x 7 ^. 


In Press 


ERWIN, MARION. The Universe and the Atom. The ether constitution, 
creation and structure of atoms, gravitation, and electricity, kinetically 


explained. 58 ill., 5 }ixS l 4, 324 pp. 


Reprinting 


CONTENTS: First Principles. General Views of the Luminiferous Ether; The 
Ultimate Substance; The Constitution of Matter in Its Three States; Gases, 
Liquids and Solids; Different Kinds of Wave Motion as Affected by the Medium 
of Transmission; Water Waves; General Theory of Wave Motion; Composition 
of Wave Motion; Stationary Water Waves; Stationary Light Waves; Motion 
in the Polarized Ray; Heart Throbs of the Universe; Vortex Centres; Particles 
of Successive Orders; Repulsion of Particles; Light as an Elastic Hoop; Creation 
of Particles of the First Order, by Rotation of a Polarized Ray; Balmer’s For¬ 
mula a Key to the Structure of the Atom and of the Ether. The Pan-Cycle 
Hypothesis: Invisible Composition Light Waves, the Warp and Woof of the 
Ether Structure and of All Things Material. The Extent of the Physical Uni¬ 
verse; The Two Theories; Convincing evidence of an Average Unlimited Dis¬ 
tribution of Suns in Space; The Organization and Maintenance of the Ether 
Structure by Force Rays Proceeding into Finite Space from the Stars in Infinity, 
and What That Organization Must Be; Stationary Waves, the Vortices or 
Standard Ether Particles, which, Arranged in Equilateral Triangular Formation, 
Make the Medium Elastic in Planes, Homogenious and Isometric; The .Standard 
Ether Flow; The Medium Under High Pressure; The Stress Lines of Successive 
Orders; Plexigons of the Ether Structure of Ascending and Descending Mag¬ 
nitude; Certain Laws of Fluid Motion Applicable to thelEther: The Action of a 
Revolving Lawn-Sprinkler, the Key to Atomic Motion ; Relation of Flows and 
Pressure in the Ether Structure; The Origin and Maintenance of Centripetal 
Force in the Ether; The Radii of Particles of Successive Orders Are Reciprocals ; 
Wave Lengths of Waves Sent off by Ether Particles Set in Revolution ; Deriva¬ 
tion of Balmer’s Formula; The Measure, in Centimeters, of the Side of the 
Standard Equilateral Triangle of the Ether Structure; Why Light Waves of All 
Wave Lengths Travel with the Same Velocity; Minimum and Maximum Radii 
of the Hydrogen Atom; The Creation of the Electron; Tts Atomic Weight; 
Negative and Positive Electricity Explained; The Cause of Gravitation Ex¬ 
plained; The Nebula Hypothesis Modified; Symmetrical Atoms in Three Dimen¬ 
sions ; The Hot Form of the Hydrogen Atom; The Periodic Law of Atomic 
Weights; The Atomic Weights of all the Elements Are Close Multiples of the 
First Seven Prime Radii of the Hexigons of the Ether Structure; Comparison 
Table; Why the Ether Opposes no Obstruction to the Passage of the F.nrth 



HERING, D. W. Essentials of Physics for College Students. A textbook 
for undergraduates and a lecture course and reference work for teach- 


PHYSICS 


7 * 


ers and other students of physics. Second Edition t Revised. 170 ill., 
634 x914,376 pp. $ 2.25 

(Author is Dean Emeritus of the 1 Faculty of the graduate school and Professor 
of Physics in New York University.) 

CONTENTS: Properties of Matter; Mechanics; Heat; Waves and Wave Motion; 
Sound Potential, Magnetism, Electricity; Light. 

Presents the principles of physics with experimental illustrations in a way that is 
suited to students who have an elementary knowledge of the subject and who 
desire to extend or refresh their earlier studies, or to college students who have 
not studied physics before. The subject is presented in its latest developments 
along with the fundamentals in briefer compass than in any book available. No 
higher mathematics is required than the elements of algebra, geometry and plane 
trigonometry. The aim is to give only the essentials of physics for non-technical 
college students without going into detailed descriptions of apparatus or into 
elabor ite demonstrations of those points that belong chiefly to a critical study such 
as would be made by a special student of physics. The object is rather to present 
so much of the subject as might be expected of a scholar who is fitted by it to appre¬ 
ciate the significance of the facts of physics as they present themselves in scientific 
progress. The experiments outlined require no special style of apparatus and may 
easily be carried on in institutions where the equipment is scanty or unevenly pro¬ 
portioned. 

HURST, H. E., and LATEY, R. T. Textbook of Physics. In three volumes. 

5.M X834. 

Vol. I. Dynamics and Heat. 41 ill., 215 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Dynamics or Mechanics. Kinematics; Kinetics; Work and Energy. 
Statics. Composition and Resolution of Forces; Hydrostatics. Heat. Thermometry; 
Calorimetry; Melting and Boiling; Vapor Pressure and Hygrometry; Expansion of 
Solids, Liquids and Gases; Radiation; Convection and Conduction; Kinetic Theory 
of Gases; Table of Energy Equivalents. 

Vol. II. Sound and Light. 104 ill., 183 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Sound. Wave Motion; Velocity of Sound; Characteristics of 
Musical Notes; Notes Used in Music; Vibrating Solids; Vibrations of Columns of 
Gas; Doppler’s Principles. Light. Photometry; Reflection; Refraction; Optical 
Instruments; Spectroscopy; Color; Disjecta Membra; Notes on Trigonometry; 
Table of Lines of Angles; Cosines of Angles; Tangents of Angles. 

Vol. III. Magnetism and Current Electricity. 101 ill., 265 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Magnetism. Magnetic Fields of Force; Magnetic Measurements; 
Terrestrial Magnetism. Statical Electricity. The Laws of Electric Force; Electro¬ 
static Induction; Condensers; Lines of Force. Current Electricity. Magnetic Actions 
of the Current; Action of a Magnet on a Current; Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis; 
Electro-Motive Force; Ohm’s Law; Theory of Electrolysis; Cells; Electromagnetic 
Induction; The Dynamo; Telegraphs and Telephones; Thermo-Electricity; Electric 
Lighting Circuits; General Physics; Test Papers. 

An elaborate exoosition of the science of physics in an attempt to give in one 
volume all the information needed to be able to pass the examinations given 
by various of the higher institutions of learning on the subject. A very large 
number of these examination questions are quoted and their sources indicated. 
Throughout the book every endeavor has been made to use only the simplest 
mathematics compatible with accuracy and brevity. A few notes on trigonometrv 
and some useful mathematical tables are included in the work. 

PERRIN, JEAN. Atoms. Authorized translation by D. L. Hammick. 16 
ill., $y 2 x8y, 226 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Chemistry and the Atomic Theory. Molecules; Atoms; Avogadro’s 
Hypothesis; Molecular Structure; Solution; An Upper Limit to Molecular Size. 


PHYSICS 


Molecular Agitation. Molecular Speeds; Molecular Rotations and Vibrations; 
Molecular bree Paths. The Brownian l\i ovement-Emulsions. History and Gen¬ 
eral Characteristics; Statistical Lquilibi mm in Emulsions. The Laws of the 
Brownian Movement. Einstein’s Theory ; Experimental Verification. Fluctuations. 
Smoluchowski’s Theory. Light and Quanta. Black Bodies. Extension of the 
Theory of Quanta. The Atom of Electricity. The Genesis and Destruction of 
Atoms. Transmutations; Counting Atoms. Conclusions. 

SHELDON, SAMUEL, and HAUSMANN, ERICH. Physical Laboratory Ex¬ 
periments, for Engineering Students. Part I., Mechanics, Sound, Heat 
and Light. 40 ill., 5x7%, 134 pp. $ 1.25 

(Authors are Professor and Associate Professor of Physics and Electrical En¬ 
gineering at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.) 

CONTENTS: Radius of Curvature of Lenses by Sphorometer; Measurements of 
Areas by Planimeter; Acceleration of Gravity of Atwood’s Machine; Acceleration 
of Gravity by Falling Body; Coefficient of Restitution and Hardness by Sclero- 
scope; Moment of Inertia of Rotating Wheel; Study of Harmonic Motion of 
Rotating System; Stretch Modulus of Elasticity; Shear Modulus of Elasticity; 
Specific Viscosities of Liquids; Conformity of Air with Boyle’s Law; Specific 
Gravity of Gases with Effusiometer; Calibration Curve of Venturi Meter; Ve¬ 
locity of Sound—Specific Heats of a Gas; Coefficient of Expansion of Gases by 
Air Thermometer; Specific Heats of Solids; Heat Equivalent of Electrical En¬ 
ergy; Mechanical Equivalent of Heat; Heat of Fusion of Ice; Heats of Combus¬ 
tion of Fuels; Dew-Point and Humidity of Atmosphere; Thermal Conductivity 
of Metals; Refractive Index of Prism; Focal Lengths of Convex Lenses—Radius 
of Curvature of Concave Mirror; Calibration of Ocular Scale of Cathetometer; 
Curvature of Cornea of Eye with Ophthalmometer; Magnifying Power of a 
Compound Microscope; Wave-lengths of Light by Interferometer; Wave-lengths 
of Light by Diffraction; Photometric Test of Incandescent Lamp; Tables of Phys¬ 
ical Constants. 

STEVENS, JAMES S. Theory of Measurements. A manual for physics 

students. Second Edition , Revised. Ill., 5 x y]/ 2 96 pp. $ 1.25 

(Author is professor of physics in the University of Maine.) 

CONTENTS: Notation; Introduction; Measurements; Errors; Probability; The 
Curve; The Integral; The Arithmetical Mean; A Constant Interval; Weights; 
The Adjustment of Observations; Short Methods; The Precision of Measure¬ 
ments ; Graphic Representation; Precision Measures and Their Derivation; Aver¬ 
age Deviation; Probable Error; The Propagation of Errors; The Direct Prob¬ 
lem; The Converse Problem; Tractional Method; Best Magnitudes and Ratios; 
Plotting; Method Illustrated; Construction and Interpretation of Curves; Applica¬ 
tion to Laboratory Problems; Negligibility; Criteria; Significant Figures; Empiri¬ 
cal Formulae and Constants; Types of Curves. 

This book may be used in connection with a course in physics either as a 
text-book from which the student may gain the necessary working knowledge 
in a short time, or as a laboratory guide covering a longer period of time and 
going very thoroughly into the subject. The work will be found useful to all 
students of physics, whether in the academic or engineering course. 

TOWNSEND, JOHN S. The Theory of Ionization of Gases by Collision. 

Ill.. 6x714, 99 PP- $ 1.25 

(Author is professor of physics at Oxford.) 

CONTENTS: Ionization by Negative Ions; Ionization by Positive Ions; 
Sparkling Potentials in a Uniform Electric Field; Theory of Electric Discharges 
in Fields of force which are not Uniform. 


LIGHT—OPTICS—COLOR 


73 


BAKER, A. L. Thick-Lens Optics. An elementary treatment for the stu¬ 
dent and the amateur. Ill., 53^ x 8 T 4 , 141 pp. $ 1.50 

(Author is professor of mathematics in the Brooklyn Manual Training High School.) 

CONTENTS: Surface Refraction. Thin Lenses. Thick Lenses. Combinations 

of Lenses. Telephoto Lens. Reflexion at Spherical Surfaces. Experimental Obser¬ 
vations. 

Attempts to answer in a simple and practical way, intelligible to the amateur, 
the most obtrusive questions regarding the optics of the camera, telescope, 
and microscope. Particular pains has been taken to reconcile the seemingly con¬ 
tradictory formulas of different authors into a standard unity. This book for the 
first time assembles the rules, answers and formulas for a thick lens into one con¬ 
sistent whole, in a simple, practicable form which will be intelligible and satis¬ 
factory to the non-technical reader. It is a working volume with many practical 
examples, with the standard formulation of procedure very much simplified and 
with many suggestions for practical observations and measurements and should 
be invaluable to the owners of microscopes, cameras, etc., who desire to acquire a 
mastery of the simpler optical properties of their instruments. 

COLE, R. S. A Treatise on Photographic Optics. Being an account of 
the principles of optics, so far as they apply to photography. 103 ill., 
folding plates, 5% x 7^, 330 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Light; Elementary Theory of Lenses; Aberration and the Design of 
Lenses; Lens Testing: Exposure; Stops; Shutters; Enlargement; Reduction; 
Depths of Focus; Halation. 

HATT, J. A. H. The Colorist. Designed to correct the commonly held theory 
that red, yellow and blue are the primary colors, and to supply the 
much-needed easy method of determining color harmony, together with 
a system of color nomenclature and other practical information for 
artists and workers or designers in colors. Second Edition, Enlarged. 
2 color plates, 7x8%, 95 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Light the Source of Color. The Spectrum. The Old Idea of 
Primary Colors. The Scientific Primary Colors. The Additive Method of 
Combining Colors by Rays of Light. The Subtractive Method of Combining 
Colors with Pigments. The Juxtaposit Method with Both. Light and Pigments. 
Beauty in Color. Harmony versus Contrast in Color. A Full Palette. The 
Proper Way to Blend Oil Colors for Clean Luminous Effects. Complimentary 
Colors in Shadows. Surface Texture in Painting. The Proper Colors for Aerial 
Perspective. Art or Truth in Painting. A Standard Color Code, and Nomen¬ 
clature. 

Gives precise data, whereby a color scheme may be analyzed, and beauty in 
color appreciated and produced. Contains for the first time in color litera¬ 
ture, either scientific or artistic, a complete unity between science and practice 
as well as a concise and consistent law for color harmony and beauty in 
color. Although based on scientific principles, it is practical, as simple as 
possible, and may be understood by all classes of readers. 

HURST, G. H. Handbook of the Theory of Color. 72 ill., 10 colored plates. 
5/4 x 8 1 / 2 , 160 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Color and Its Production; Cause of Color in Colored Bodies; Color 
Phenomena and Theories; The Physiology of Light; Contrast; Color in Decora¬ 
tion and Design; Measurement of Color. 

LUCKIESH, M. Visual Illusions. 


In Press 




74 LIGHT—OPTICS—COLOR 

LUCKIESH, M. Color and Its Applications. 129 ill., 4 color plates, 6x9. 
360 pp. $ 3.50 

(Author is physicist with the Nela Research Laboratory National Lamp Works 
of the General Electric Co.) 

CONTENTS: Light; The Production of Color; Color-Mixture; Color Termin¬ 
ology \ The Analysis of Color; Color and Vision; The Effect of Environment on 
Color; Theories of Color Vision; Color Photometry; Color Photography; Color 
in Lighting; Color Effects for the Stage and Displays; Color Phenomena in 
Painting; Color Matching; The Art of Mobile Color; Colored Media. 

A treatise of the subject of color from the underlying scientific principles to 
the many applications. The object has been not only to discuss the many 
applications of color, but to establish a sound scientific basis for these appli¬ 
cations. The early chapters are devoted to a discussion of light in Relation 
to Color and of the Production, Measurements and Analysis of color. Con¬ 
siderable attention is given to the relation of color and vision, the physio¬ 
logical and psychological phenomena of vision being of great importance in 
every application of color. The later chapters are devoted to the many 
applications of color. The book is authoritative, well illustrated, and contains 
many references and a wealth of new material. It was written by an inves¬ 
tigator in the general field of color and is therefore not narrowly limited in 
scope. It fills a distinct gap that has existed on the book shelves. 

LUCKIESH, M. Light and Shade and Their Applications. 135 ill., 10 tables, - 
634 x 9^4, 278 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: The Importance of Light and Shade in Vision and in Many Arts; 
The Characteristics of Objects; The Shadow; The Cost Shadow; Scale of 
Values; Influence of Color; Light and Shade in Nature; Light and Shade in 
Sculpture; Light and Shade in Architecture; Light and Shade in Painting; Light 
and Shade in Stage-craft; Light and Shade in Photography; Light and Shade 
in Vision; Light and Shade in Lighting. 

This book is a condensed record of several years’ research by the author in 
the science of light and shade. It is the first published work which deals with 
the science of light and shade in a complete and analytical manner. The 
author has the faculty of bringing forth scientific facts in such a manner as 
to be helpful to those interested in the various arts. The book is of ex¬ 
tremely wide interest because it deals with the appearances of objects and 
hence with vision and with lighting. In this respect it is a companion to the 
author’s previous book on “Color and Its Applications.” It is well illustrated 
and represents the first elaborate attempt to formulate the science of light 
and shade and to correlate it with various arts. 

STEINHEIL, ADOLPH, and VOIT, ERNEST. Applied Optics. The Com¬ 
putation of optical systems. Being the “Handbuch Der Angewandten 
Optik.” Translated and edited by James W. French. In two volumes. 
Ill., 6 J 4 xg%. 

Vol. I. Ill., 2 folding plates, 187 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: The Reflection and Refraction of Light; The Fundamental Prop¬ 
erties of a Dioptric System; The Requirements of an Actual Lens System and 
the Calculation of the Errors to be Eliminated; The Computation of a Lens and 
the Discussion of Its Image Aberrations; Appendix. 

Vol. II. Ill., 6 folding plates, 213 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Determination of Refractive Indexes; Achromatic 
Doublet Objectives; Oblique Images; Appendix. 

Price for two- volume set, $9,00 


PHOTOGRAPHY 


HEATH, F. H. Chemistry of Photography. J n Press 

CONTENTS: The Scope of the Subject of Photography: Light and Allied 
Radiations; Photochemical Action and Its Measurement; Historical Sketch of 
the Development of the Photographic Art; The Latent Photographic Image; The 
Scientific Treatment of Modern Photographic Materials; Orthochromatic Pho¬ 
tography; Exposure of the Photographic Plate or Film; The Common Physical 
and Chemical Phenomena Involved in the Processes of Photographic Work; 
The Developing Process; The Processes of Fixation and Washing of Plates and 
-rilms; The Method for the Production of Positives on Plates; Intensification 
and Reduction of Negatives; Processes of Printing in the Salts of Silver; The 
Methods of Copying and Enlarging from Negatives or Prints; Printing Methods 
Based on the Use of the Salts of Iron; Printing Methods Based on the Photo¬ 
chemical Action of a Dichromate Mixed with Other Substances; Photomechan- 
lcal Methods; Color Photography; Flash-Light and Artificial Light Photographv; 
Scientific Uses of Photography. 

STEADMAN, F. M. Unit Photography. io text ill., 16 plates, 5^ x8^ 
265 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Purpose of the Book; Analysis of Present Condi-^ 
tions; Character of Photographic Emulsions. Actinism. Time. Diaphragm Sys¬ 
tems. A New Physical Quantity; The Element of Time; Plane and Solid Angles; 
The / System; Derivation of the Unit Cone; The U. S. or Uniform System; 
The Unit Diaphragm Scale; Unit Actinometry; The f/ 1 Actinometer; 
Actinic Measurements of and at Surfaces; The Least Visible Tint and 
the First Appearance Time; The Absolute Actinic Unit; The “Actino”; 
The Standard Tinting Medium; Tinting Mediums Other Than the Standard. 
Problems in Unit Actinometry. Unit Sensitometry: The Speed of Emulsions; 
The Method as Practiced; The Latitude of Emulsions. Actinic Contrasts. Com¬ 
parison of Different Actinicities; The Relation of Actinic Graduation to the Tone 
Steps of the Picture. Classification of Subjects as to Their Actinic Contrasts: 
Subjects of Minimum, Under-Normal, Normal and Over-Normal Contrast. The 
Hurter and Driffield System: Introduction; A Perfect Negative; The Charac¬ 
teristic Curve; Law of Constant Density Ratios; Measurement of Opacity. Neg¬ 
ative Making: Development and Fixing; Reduction and Intensification. Practice: 
Actinicity of the Subject; A Practical Analysis of Subjects: Classification of Sub¬ 
jects; The Unit Method of Exposing for Exterior Subjects; The Character of Sun 
Light in Clear Weather; An Exposure Recompense; The Speed of Plates and 
Films. 

On the basis of a new unit, that of the dimension of solid angle or converg¬ 
ence, the author has established a practical unit of Actinicity for the measure¬ 
ment of the intrinsic actinic intensity of surfaces; light sources and expanses 
and by these means has developed a scientific method of photographic practice 
in which exposure is deduced from unit measurements by the simplest, easily 
comprehended, analytical reasoning. 

WATKINS, A. Photography; Its Principles and Applications. 100 ill., 

Second Edition. 5^4 x 8 J 4 , 349 pp. $ 3.00 

(Author is past president of the Photographic Convention.) 

CONTENTS: First Principles. Lenses. Exposure Influences Practical Exposure. 
Development Influences. Practical Development. Cameras and Dark Room 
Orthochromatic Photography. Printing Processes. Hand Camera Work. Enlarging 
and Slide Making. Color Photography. General Applications. Record Applica¬ 
tions. Science Applications. Plate Speed Testing. Process Work (Photo-Mechanical 
Printing), Pinhole Photography. 



76 


ASTRONOMY 


BAIL, S. It. Popular Guide to the Heavens. A series of eighty-three plates, 
colored and lithographed, with explanatory text and index. Third 
Edition. Ill., 7x9, 96 pp. 

CONTENTS: The Celestial Sphere and the Solar System; The Planets and Satel¬ 
lites ; The Sun; Eclipses of the Sun and Moon; Comets; The Moon; The Sky; 
Month by Month and the Index to the Planets; The Star Maps; Star Clusters and 
Nebulae; Select List of Telescopic Objects; Standard Time. 

CHAMBERS, GEORGE F. Astronomy. 358 ill., 8 colored plates. 4U x 

6^2, 35 ° PP- ?1 50 

CONTENTS: The Sun. Moon. Tides. The Planets Generally. Most Interest¬ 
ing and Familiar Planets. Less Known Planets. Eclipses. Comets. Shooting- 
Stars. The Stars. Groups of Stars and Nebula. The Constellations. Telescopes. 
Time and Its Measurement. The Spectroscope Astronomically. Table of the 
Constellations, with a brief Descriptive Account of Each. Statistics Respecting the 
Planets and Their Satellites. Catalog of Celestial Objects easy for Small Telescopes. 
Written especially for the reader, who, without being acquainted with the higher 
mathematics of the subject, and without fitting up a costly laboratory, would like 
to have some knowledge of the elementary relations between the heavenly bodies 
and the every day life of the world. The very large number of excellent illus¬ 
trations make the book the more interesting. 

NOLAN, THOMAS. The Telescope. Revised and Enlarged. Ill., 3^4 x 6 , 
boards, 128 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Science Series, No. 51.) $ 0.75 

CONTENTS: The Optical Principles Involved in the Construction of the Tele¬ 
scope. The Simple Refracting Telescope; The Reflecting Telescope; The Com¬ 
pound Refracting, or Modern Aplanatic and Achromatic Telescope; Comparison 
of Refracting and Reflecting Telescopes; Improvements in the Telescope since 
1880. Bibliography. Books, Scientific Papers; Periodical Literature. 

SHAW, W. N. Forecasting Weather. 155 ill., folding maps, charts, 
6 x 8 ^ 4 , 408 pp. $ 3.50 

(Author is director of the Meteorological Office of London.) 

CONTENTS: Synoptic Charts.. Relation of Wind to Barometric Pressure. Rela¬ 
tion of Temperature and Weatheii to Barometric Pressure. Types of Weather and the 
Further Outlook in Weather Forecasting. Local Weather in Relation to Weather 
Type. Physical Processes of Weather. Life History of Surface Air Currents. Rela¬ 
tion of Air Currents to Barometric Minima. Trajections of Air. Minor Fluctua¬ 
tions of Pressure. Line Squalls and Lignes de Grain. Gales and Storm Warnings. 
Anticyclones and Land Fog. Coastal Forecasts, Sea Fogs and Thunderstorms. Fore¬ 
casts for Agriculturists. Colliery Warnings. Approach of Depressions. Movement 
of Depressions. The Upper Air. Statistical Methods for Long Period and Seasonal 
Forecasting. Practical Utility of Weather Forecasts. 



77 


ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 

ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM 

ASHE, SYDNEY W. Electricity, Experimentally and Practically Applied. 

A book for the beginner and for the practical man. Second Edition, 
Revised. 422 ill., 5)4 x 7 j 4 , 375 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Magnetism. Electro-magnetism. Electro-magnetic Induction. 

Ohm’s Law. Batteries, Primary and Storage. Electrolysis and Electrolytic 
Corrosion. The Three-wire System. Electrical Measurements. The Shunt 
Motor. The Series Motor. Arc Lighting. Incandescent Lighting. Thomson 
Recording Wattmeter. Principles of Alternating Currents. The Transformer. 
The Induction Motor. The Rotary Converter. Appendix. Experimental 
Projection. 

Treats of the fundamentals of electricity in an experimental and practical 
way, showing, where possible, the direct application of theory to practical 
engineering, with the aid of simple mathematics. It embodies the details 
of the successful experimental lectures given by the author to the employees 
of the New York Edison Co., the Edison Illuminating Co. of Brooklyn, the 
Edison Illuminating Co. of Boston, the Consolidated Gas, Electric Light 
and Power Co. of Baltimore, and to the students of the Polytechnic Institute 
of Brooklyn. The volume is particularly adapted to courses given to practical 
men and should likewise prove useful as a reference for high schools and 
college laboratory courses. 

ATKINSON, P. Elements of Dynamic Electricity and Magnetism. Fourth 

Edition. 120 ill., 5x7)4, 405 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Voltaic Battery; Definitions; One-Fluid Cells; Two-Fluid Cells; 
Battery Formation; Magnetism; Electromagnetism; Electric Measurement; The 
Dynamo and Motor-Electrolysis; Electric Storage; The Relation of Electricity 
to Heat; To Light; The Electric Telegraph; The Telephone. 

CARHART, HENRY S. Thermo-Electromotive Force in Electric Cells. 

The thermo-electric force between a metal and a solution of one of its 
salts. Ill., 5 x 7)4. In Press 

CONTENTS: Thermo-Electromotive Force Between Metals; Thermo-Electromo¬ 
tive Force Between Metals and Liquids; Concentration Cells; Temperature Co¬ 
efficients ; Thermodynamics of the Voltaic Cell; Electromotive Force of Concentra¬ 
tion Cells; Thermodynamics of Concentration Cells; Thermodynamics of Normal 
Cells; Thermo-EMF Without Temperature Difference. 

CLARKSON, RALPH P. Elementary Electrical Engineering. A textbook of 
theory and practice, particularly adapted for the instruction of mechan¬ 
ical, civil, and chemical engineers and others desiring a short course. 
Ill., 5x7)4, 208 pp. In Press 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Units and Terms; The Solution of Circuits; The 
Generation of Electricity; Electrical Measuring Instruments; Illumination and 
Power; Electrical Transmission; Theory of Lighting Devices; Wire Tables, 
period. 

EWING, A. J. The Magnetic Induction in Iron and Other Metals. Third 

Edition, Revised. 159 ill., 5 j 4 x 8 ) 4 , 393 PP- $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Measurements of Magnetic Quality; Magneto¬ 

metric Method; Ballistic Method; Examples of Magnetism; Magnetic Hysteresis; 
Magnetism in Weak Fields; In Strong Fields; Effects of Temperature; Effects 
of Stress; Magnetic Circuit; Molecular Theory; Magnetic Testing. 



78 ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM 


HEAVISIDE, 0 . Electromagnetic Theory. Three volumes. Ill. 

Vol. I. Second Issue. Ill., 524 x 8 ^ 4 , 466 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Outlines of the Electromagnetic Connections; The 
Elements of Vectorial Algebra and Analysis; Theory of Plane Electromagnetic 
Waves; A Gravitational and Electromagnetic Analogy. 

Vol. II. Ill., 5^4 x 8 $ 4 , 568 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Mathematics and the Age of the Earth; Pure Diffusion of Electric 
Displacement; Electromagnetic Waves and Generalized Differentiation; General¬ 
ized Differentiation and Divergent Series. 

Vol. III. Ill., sH x 8 ^ 4 , 529 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Waves from Moving Sources; Note on the Size and Inertia of Elec 
trons; Vector Analysis; Waves in the Ether. 

A scholarly work that will provide the means of solving many of the problems 
which those engaged in practical electrical industrial operations st.are called upon 
to consider, and it should also be of great value to the scienti 

PALMER, A. R. Electrical Experiments. 52 ill., 5x714, 115 pp. $ 0.75 

CONTENTS: Cells; The Current and Power Spent in Series and Parallel Cir¬ 
cuits ; Calibration; Ohm’s Law; Electrolysis; Accumulators; The Magnetic Effect 
of a Current; Induced Currents; The Heating Effect of a Current; Simple Tech¬ 
nical Experiments; More Advanced Experiments. 

ROBERTS, JOHN, Jr. Laboratory Work in Electrical Engineering (Prelim¬ 
inary Grade.) A series of laboratory experiments for first- and second- 
year students of electrical engineering. 108 ill., 5^4 x 8^4, 218 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Method of Graphical Representation; Ohm’s Law; Measurement 
of Resistance, E. M. F., and Current; The Potentiometer; Calibration of Elec¬ 
trical Measuring Instruments; Miscellaneous Experiments; Physical Tables. 

SW 00 PE, C. WALTON. Lessons in Practical Electricity, Principles, Experi¬ 
ments and Arithmetical Problems. An elementary textbook. Fif¬ 
teenth Edition, Revised and Enlarged with a new chapter on electric 
lighting by H. H. Stillman. 404 ill., 514 x 7^4, 507 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Magnetism; Magnetisation; Magnetic Fields; Theory of Magnet¬ 
ism; Magnetic Induction; Magnetic Circuits; Earth’s Magnetism; Voltaic EIgc- 
; Batteries; Electrolysis; Measurement of Current Strength ; Resistance * 
Ohms Law and Battery Connections; Circuits and Their Resistance* Electro¬ 
magnetism; Galvanometers; Electromagnets; Ammeters; Electrical Work and 
Power; Measurement of Pressure; Measurement of Resistance; Electrical De- 
velopment of Heat; Electrodynamics; Electromagnetic Induction; The Induction 
Cod; Dynamo-Electric Machines; Armatures; Direct Current Dynamos; Direct 
Current Motors; Electric Lighting; Alternating Currents; Tables; Formulas. 

This book combines the principles of electricity upon which the practical ap¬ 
plications of to-day depend, with the experimental demonstration of these 
principles and the elements of the arithmetic of electricity used in making 
practical e ectrical measurements and calculations. Thirty thousand copies of 
tms book have been used in classes for practical men and by individuals, a 
fact which attests its merit. 


WILSON. JOHN F. Essentials of Electrical Engineering. A textbook for 
colleges and technical schools. 300 ill., 6x9, 350 pp. $ 2.50 

(Author is instructor of electrical engineering in the University of Michigan.) 

CONTENTS: The Electric Circuit; Magnetism and Magnetic Induction; Prac¬ 
tical Construction of the Dynamo; The Continuous Current Generator* The Con¬ 
tinuous Current Motor; Losses. Efficiencies and Ratings of Continuous Current 
Dynamos; Polyphase Alternating Currents; The Alternating Current Generator * 


DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINERY 


79 


The Synchronous Motor; Current Rectifying Apparatus; The Transformer; 
Transformer Connections; The Induction Motor; Single Phase Commutating 
Motors; Electric Lamps; Circuit Interrupting Apparatus; Meters; Power Trans¬ 
mission and Distribution; The Storage Battery; Harmonic Quantities; Induct¬ 
ance; Capacity; The Complex Quantity; Admittance Conductance and Suscept- 
ance; Resuscitation from Electric Shock. 

A text that aims to emphasize the fact that continuous and alternating currents 
are subject to the same laws. The fundamental laws of the electric circuit are 
fully developed before the study of machines is taken up, so that having a 
thorough knowledge of the electric circuit, the student experiences little diffi¬ 
culty in the physical phenomena that take place in the more common types of 
electrical apparatus. A knowledge of trigonometry is essential and familiarity 
with calculus advantageous, but not indispensable. 


HANDBOOKS 

FOSTER, HORAJIO A. Electrical Engineer’s Pocketbook. A handbook of 
useful data iuS electricians and electrical engineers. With the collab¬ 
oration of eminent specialists. Seventh Edition, Completely Revised. 
1128 ill., 718 tables, 4^x7, full leather, 1636 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Symbols, Units, Instruments; Measurements; Magnetic Properties 
of Iron; Electromagnets; Properties of Conductors; Relations and Dimensions of 
Conductors; Underground Conduit Construction; Standard Symbols; Cable Test¬ 
ing; Dynamos and Motors; Tests of Dynamos and Motors; The Static Transformer; 
Standardization Rules; Illuminating Engineering; Electric Arc Lighting; Electric 
Incandescent Lighting; Electric Street Railways; Electrolysis; Transmissio of 
Power; Storage Batteries; Switchboards; Lighting Arresters; Electricity Meters; 
Wireless Telegraphy; Telegraphy; Telephony; Electricity in the U. S. Army and 
Navy; Resonance; Electric Automobiles; Electrochemistry and Electrometallurgy; 
X-rays; Electric Heating, Cooking, and Welding; Lightning Conductors; Mechan¬ 
ical Section; Index. 

The book as now presented shows some corrections of typographical and other 
errors, together with some new material in the sections and switchboards and 
units, while the standardization rules of the A. I. E. E. included are the latest. 

The aim throughout has been to supply in exhaustive and condensed form, the 
data essential to the engineer engaged in any of the branches of the vast domain 
of electrical engineering. 


DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINERY-DIRECT AND ALTERNAT¬ 
ING CURRENTS . 

CROCKER, F. R., and ARENDT, M. Electric Motors: Their Action, Control 
and Application. Second Edition , Revised and Enlarged. 169 ill., 
9/4 X 6 y 4 ,315 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Types of Motors and Advantages of Electric 
Drive. Direct-Current Motors. Action of Shunt Motors; Shunt-Motor Starting 
Boxes; Shunt-Motor Speed Control by Variation of Resistance of Armature 
Circuit; Multiple-Voltage Systems of Motor Speed Control; Speed Control of 
Shunt Motors by Variation of Field Current; Speed Control of Motors by Varia¬ 
tion of Field Reluctance; Direct Current Series Motors; Control of Direct- 
Current Series Motors; Compound-Wound Motors. Alternating-Current Motors. 
Classification and History; Synchronous Alternating-Current Motors; Polyphase 
Induction Motors; Starting of Polyphase Induction Motors; Speed Control of 
Polyphase Induction Motors; Single-Phase Induction Motors; Commutating Al¬ 
ternating-Current Motors. Applications of Electric Motors. Service Conditions; 
Power Requirements of Various Tools, etc. 

Aims to set forth the action and operation of various types of electric motors, 





8 o 


DIRECT AND ALTERNATING CURRENTS 


with sufficient comprehensiveness for most persons who study or use these 
machines, even including students and practitioners who specialize in elec¬ 
trical engineering. The present edition contains many amendments and addi¬ 
tions, both in text and illustrations, to make the subject matter clearer and 
more complete. The work is the outgrowth of a course of lectures at Colum¬ 
bia University. References are made to United States and foreign patents 
as well as articles and books in which may be found further descriptions of 
the various machines and methods considered. 

FRITH, JULIUS. Alternating Current Design. 27 ill., 5 ^x 8 j 4 , 13 1 PP- 

$ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Alternating Currents. Armature Reaction. Relation of Dimen¬ 
sions to Output. Example of the Design of an Alternator. Synchronous Machinery 
in Parallel. Compound Wound Alternators. Induction Motors. Theory. Example 
of the Design of an Induction Motor. Static Transformers. Example of the Design 
of a Transformer. Transmission Lines. Choking Coils. Additional Example of 
the Design of an Alternator. Design of a Smaller Two-Phase Squirrel-Cage Induction 
Motor and Auto Starter. 

GOLDSCHMIDT, RUDOLF. The Alternating bwrrent Commutator Motor. 
The Leakage of Induction Motors. In one volume. 247 ill., 534 x 8^. 
220 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: The Alternating Current Commutator Motor. Introduction. 
The Series Commutator Motor. The Thomson Repulsion Motor. The Repulsion 
Motor of Latom-Winter-Eichberg. Special Types. Examples of Performances 
of Commutator Motors. The Leakage of Induction Motors. The Circle Dia¬ 
gram. The No-load Current. The Leakage. The Leakage Factor. General 
Examples. 

HAY, A. An Introductory Course of Continuous-Current Engineering. 

183 ill., 554 X 8 3/4, 337 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Electrical Units; Electromagnets; Magnetism; Hysteresis; Meas¬ 
uring Instruments; Dynamo Construction; Dynamo Used as Motor; Construction 
and Management of Motors; Secondary Cells and Their Uses; The Electric 
Arc; Mercury Vapor Lamps; Incandescent Lamps; Photometry; Switches; Con¬ 
ductors ; Insulation. 

LIVINGSTONE, R. The Mechanical Design and Construction of Generators. 

126 ill., 594x8^4, 228 pp. $4.50 

CONTENTS: Pulleys, Gearing and Couplings; Rotor Hubs and End Plates; Un¬ 
balanced Magnetic Pull; Shafts and Bearings (Slow Speed); Alignment of 
Shafts; Stator Frames; Stresses in Rotors; Poles and End Clamps; Field Coil 
Supports; Rotor Bodies; Cylindrical Rotors; Shafts and Bearing (High Speed) ; 
General Details; Types of Rotors (High Speed); Appendix. 

OUDIN, M. A. Standard Polyphase Apparatus and Systems. Sixth Edition, 
Thoroughly Revised. 207 ill., 53^x834, 369 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Definitions of Alternating Current Terms; Generators; Induction 
Motors; Synchronous Motors; Transformers; Rotary Converters; Motor Gen¬ 
erators ; Frequency Changers; Other Converting Apparatus; Switchboards; Sta¬ 
tion Equipment; Lightning Protection; Line Construction; Two and Three Phase 
Systems; Choice of Frequency; Relative Weights of Copper for Various Sys¬ 
tems; Calculation of Transmission Lines. 

RAYMOND, E. B. Alternating Current Engineering Practically Treated. 

Third Edition , Revised and Enlarged. 104 ill., 534 x8, 252 pp. $ 2.50 
CONTENTS: The General Subject of Magnetism and Alternating Currents; 
lvrt 1 ran stormer; The Compensator; Distribution Systems; Alternating Current 
Motors; Induction Motors; Repulsion Motor; Alternating Current Generator; 

1 esting; Rotary Converter; Converter vs. Motor Generators. 


ARMATURE WINDING AND CONSTRUCTION 


81 


SHELDON, S., and HAUSMANN, E. Dynamo Electric Machinery. Its con¬ 
struction, design and operation. In two volumes. 

Vol. I., Direct Current Machines. Ninth Edition, Revised. 218 ill., 
bVi x 7 H, 337 PP- $ 2 50 

CONTENTS: Electrical Laws and Facts. Magnetic Laws and Facts. Armatures. 
Field Magnets. Armature Reactions. Commutation. Generators. Efficiency 
of Operators. Constant-potential Generators. Constant Current Generators. 
Motors: Shunt Motors. Series Motors. Dynamotors. Motor Generators, 

Borsters and Storage Batteries. Central Station Equipment. 


Vol. II., Alternating Current Machines. Tenth Edition, Completely 
Revised' 236 ill., S 3 A x 7 3 A> cloth > 3&4 PP- $ 2 - 50 


CONTENTS: Properties of Alternating Currents; Self-Induction; Capacity; 

Alternating Current Circuits; Alternators; The Transformer. Motors. Induc¬ 
tion Motors; Synchronous Motors; Single-Phase Commutator Motors, Con¬ 
verters; Power Transmission. 

Intended as a text-book for the use of students pursuing electrical or non¬ 
electrical engineering courses. The method of presentation is considered 
as especially adapted for classroom exercises, which consist of recitations 
computations, and occasional lectures, and -which are supplemented by 
laboratory exercises, the two being correlated with a view to training the 
mind of the student and adding somewhat to his knowledge It will be 
found that in treatment the sequence is such that parts which it may seem 
undesirable to require from other than electrical engineering students may 
be omitted without introducing a discontinuity in the matter which remains. 


ARMATURE WINDING AND CONSTRUCTION 

ARNOLD E. Armature Windings of Direct-Current Dynamos. Extension 
and application of a general winding rule. Translated from the ori |“ ia ^ 
German by Francis B. DeGress. 146 ill., 6x9*4, 13° PP* 

CONTENTS: Methods of Connecting Inductors for Obtaining Direct Currents. 
Closed-coil Windings. General Formula for Winding^ Direct Current Arma ^[ e ^ > 
Ring Armature Windings; Drum Windings; Disk Armature Windings. Open- 
(' •/Dr r ' ri' nc Rincr Armature Windings; Drum Armatures, Thomson-Houston 
WindingAZIturTCding" Wildes Disk Armature; Ferranti-Thomson 
Disk Armature; Bollman Disk Armature. 

KINZBRTJNNER C. Continuous Current Armatures; their winding and 
construction.’ A handbook for students, designers and practical men 
79 ill., 6x8#, 80 pp. * 

OOMTFNTS- The Commutator; Types of Windings; Explanation of Terms; 

f XS; ^ BaFwindbngS—Eirolute 

Windings; Barrel Windings; Former Windings; Construction of Armatures 
The Core; Mechanical Construction. 

LIVINGSTONE, R. Mechanical Design and Construction of Commutators^ 

62 ill., 5 x 8 > 4 , 93 PP* * ' , 

rnNTFNTS* Introductory: Design of T Ring Commutators; Assembling of 





82 


TRANSFORMERS 


FLEMING, J. A. Alternate-Current Transformer in Theory and Practice. 

Vol. I., The Induction of Electric Currents. Third Edition. Ill., 
524 x 824 , 6n pp. $ 6.50 

Vol. II., The Utilization of Induced Currents. Third Edition. Ill., 
524 x 824 , 604 pp. $ 6.50 

CONTENTS: Historical Introduction; Electromagnetic Induction; Theory of 

Simple Periodic Currents; Mutual and Self-Induction; Dynamical Theory of 
Induction; Induction Coil and Transformers; Historical Development; Distribu¬ 
tion of Energy by Transformers; Alternating Current Electric Stations; Con¬ 
struction and Action of Transformers; Other Uses for Transformers. 

HOBART, H. M. The Design of Static Transformers. 101 ills., 524 x 824 > 
189 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Introductory. The Leading Dimensions of a Transformer of a 
Given Rating. The Core Loss and the “Annual Efficiency." No-Load Current 
Power Factor and Efficiency. The Design of the Windings and Insulation. The 
Influence of Frequency. The Regulation of Transformers. The Heating of Trans¬ 
formers. Transformer Cases and Tanks. Forced-cooled Transformers. 

This is exclusively a practical book giving an introduction to the practical as¬ 
pects of transformer design and construction. It points out the application of 
the various theories set forth by the foremost engineers in their writings, 
which usually are not available in book form but only scattered through va¬ 
rious papers and articles. 

DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINERY—CARE, REPAIR AND 

TESTING 

BEDELL, FREDERICK, and PIERCE, C. A. Direct and Alternating Current 

Manual. With directions for testing and a discussion of the theory 
of electrical apparatus. Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged. III..6X9, 

373 pp- . $2.00 

(Authors are professors of applied electricity in Cornell University.) 

CONTENTS: Direct-Current Generators and Motors. Synchronous Alterna¬ 
tors. Single-Phase Currents. Transformers. Polyphase Currents. Phase 
Changers, Potential Regulators, etc. Induction Motors. Induction Machines: 
Frequency Changers and Induction Generators. Synchronous Machines. Wave 
Analysis. Problems. 

A concise, logically and systematically arranged treatment of the most impor¬ 
tant tests on direct and alternating-current apparatus, eliminating all super¬ 
fluous and unessential material. Its terse and clear presentation enables the 
student quickly to master the essential principles of the subject. It should be 
in the hands of practicing engineers, especially those engaged in testing; and 
of college graduates entering upon their professional work. 

B 0 TT 0 NE, S. R. Electro-Motors, How Made and How Used. A handbook 
for amateurs and practical men. Sixth Edition. 87 ill., 5x724, 189 
pp. ' $1.00 

BR 0 ADF 00 T, S. K. Motors, Secondary Batteries, Measuring Instruments 
and Switchgear. 14 ill., 414 x 624 , 96 pp. (Electrical Installation 
Manual Series.) $ 0.75 

CONTENTS: Measurement of Current. Instruments. Measurement of 
Power. Instruments. Motors. Generators. Kinds and Classification. Erection 
of Motors and Dynamos. ^ Care of Machines. Faults. Motor Starters and 
Regulators. Mechanical Features. Faults. Fuses. Circuit-Breakers. Accumu¬ 
lators. Charging. Erecting. Faults. General Hints. Boosters. 





DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINERY 


83 


CROCKER, F. B.» and WHEELER, S. S. The Management of Electrical 
Machinery. A thoroughly revised and enlarged edition of “The Prac¬ 
tical Management of Dynamos and Motors.” Eighth^ Edition. 131 ill., 
5 x 6J4, 222 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Selection and Management. Principles of Generators and Motors; 
Selection of Dynamo-Electric Machinery; Installation of Machines, Foundations, 
and Mechanical Connections; Installation of Generators, Electrical Connections 
and Auxiliary Apparatus; Operation of Generators; Connection and Operation 
of Electric Motors. Inspecting and Testing. Adjustment, Friction, Balance, 
Noise, Heating, and Sparking; Electrical Resistance; Voltage and Current; Speed 
and Torque; Power and Efficiency. Localization and Remedy of Troubles. 
Sparking at the Commutator; Heating of Generators, Motors, Commutator, 
Brushes, Armature, Field Magnets and Bearings; Noisy Operation; Speed Reg¬ 
ulation ; Motor Stops or Fails to Start; Regulation of Voltage of Generator; 
Generator Fails to Generate. Constant Current (Arc) Generators. The Brush 
Arc Generator; The Ft. Wayne (Wood) Generator; The Thomson-Houston 
Arc Generator; Management of Railway Motors. 

DAVIES, F. H. Foundations and Machinery Fixing. 53 ill., 414x6^2, 
146 pp. (Electrical Installation Manuals Series.) $ 1.00 

CONTENTS: The Functions of Foundations, Nature of Soils and Piling. Trial 
Bores. Design: The Proportions of Foundations for Engines, Turbines and 
Dynamo-Electric Machinery. Materials for Foundations. Holding-down Bolts 
and Anchor Plates. Excavation Construction of Foundations. Vibration: Causes 
and Effects; Methods of Isolating Machinery. The Fixing of Electric Motors. 

EDDY, L. C. Laboratory Manual of Alternating Currents. 21 ill., 5^ x 8, 
26 pp. ' $ 0.50 

(Author is assistant professor of electrical engineering at Norwich University.) 
CONTENTS: To Distinguish an Alternating Current from a Direct Current; 
Effects of Choke Coils upon Alternating Currents; Inductance and Resistance; 
Frequency Effects; Vector Diagram Analysis; To Determine Frequency; Power 
in Alternating-Current Circuits; Effects of Condensers upon Alternating Cur¬ 
rents; Experiments with Capacity and Inductance; Branched Circuits Containing 
Reactions; Power and Heat Developed in Circuits Containing Reactance; Alter¬ 
nating-Current Transmission Line Characteristics (Non-Inductive Load) ; Alter¬ 
nating-Current Transmission Line Characteristics (Inductive Load) ; Alternating- 
Current Generator Characteristics; Characteristics of Three-Phase Delta-Con¬ 
nected Systems; Characteristics of Three-Phase Star-Connected Systems; Power 
in Three-Phase Systems; Rotary Converter (D.C. Side) ; One Wattmeter Method 
—Three-Phase System; Power Factor of Squirrel-Cage Induction Motor; Rotary 
Converter (A.C. Side) ; Synchronous Motor; Effect upon the Power Factor of a 
Transmission Line of Variation in the Field Current of a Synchronous Motor 
Floating on the Line; Single-Phase Motor; Rotor-Wound Induction Motor; 
Transformer Regulation. 

A series of simple experiments on alternating currents for students whose 
electrical training includes only 1 the essentials of the subject. 

JOHNSON, C. H., and EARLE, R. P. Practical Tests for the Electrical 
Laboratory. In Press 

KINZBRUNNER, CHARLES. The Testing of Alternating Current Machines 
in Laboratories and Test Rooms. A practical work for students and 
engineers. Vol. I. General Tests; Transformers, Alternators. 141 ill., 
S l /2 x 8j4, 164 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Instruments and Apparatus; Resistance Measurements; Measure- 
ment of Periodicity, Slip, Power Factor and Power; Phasemeters and Syn¬ 
chronizers; Testing of Transformers; Alternators; Miscellaneous Tests. 


84 DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINERY 

MORECROFT, J. H., and HEHRE, F. W. A Short Course in the Testing of 

Electrical Machinery. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 88 ill., 
6x9, 176 pp. $ 1.75 

(Authors are professor and instructor of electrical engineering in Columbia 
University.) 

CONTENTS: Direct Current Experiments. “Fall of Potential” along a Conduc¬ 
tor Carrying Current; Measurement cf Armature Circuit and Shunt Field Resist¬ 
ances ; The Shunt Generator; Preliminary Work with a Generator, Magnetization 
Curve, External Characteristic; The Compound Generator; Armature Characteris¬ 
tic of a Shunt Generator, External Characteristic of a Compound Generator, Effect 
of Operating a Compound Generator at Speeds Higher or Lower than Rated Value; 
The Shunt Motor; Speed Characteristics, Commercial Efficiency by Brake Test; 
The Motor Starting Rheostat; Shunt Motor Efficiency by the Stray Power Meth¬ 
od ; The Series Motor; Current Torque Curves of Different Types of Motors. 
Parallel Operation of Shunt and Compound Generators.— Alternating Current 
Experiments. Wave Shape, Power and Power Factor, Effective Values; Proper¬ 
ties of the Alternating Current Circuit; The Alternator, Its Characteristics on Non- 
Inductive and Inductive Load, Prediction of External Characteristic; The Trans¬ 
former, Operation and Characteristic Curves; Measurement of Losses and Prediction 
of Efficiency; The Induction Motor: Its Operating Characteristics with and without 
added Rotor Resistances; The Synchronous Motor: Synchronizing and Phase Charac¬ 
teristics; The Rotary Converter; Effect of Speed and Voltage upon Ratio, Operating 
Characteristics; Parallel Operation of Alternators; Distribution of Load, Circulating 
Circuit, etc.; Three-Phase Circuits; Current and Voltage Relations, Measurement 
of Power. 

An analysis in non-mathematical language of the characteristics of the most 
important types of electrical apparatus with which the practicing engineer 
might come in contact. The work was written so as to be useful to non-electrical 
students and engineers. 

SEVER, G. F. Electrical Engineering Experiments and Tests on Direct- 
Current Machinery. With diagrams and figures. Second Edition, 
Revised and Enlarged. Ill., 53/2 x8 y 2i 66 pp. $ 1.00 

CONTENTS: Resistance Measurements; Preliminary Work with a Dynamo; 

Characteristic Curves of a Shunt Dynamo; Compound Dynamo-Motor; Com¬ 
mercial Efficiency of a Shunt Motor Using a Brake; Operation of; Series Con¬ 
stant Potential Motor; Shunt Dynamos in Parallel, Compound Dynamos in 
Parallel, Constant Current Arc Dynamo, Arc Lamps, etc. 

SEVER, G. F., and TOWNSEND, F. Laboratory and Factory Tests in Elec¬ 
trical Engineering. Second Edition, Revised and Rewritten. 98 ill., 
6M x 9^, 281 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Direct Current Tests. Dynamo Operation; Motor Operation and 
Efficiency; Dynamo Efficiency; Special Dynamo Operation. Alternating Current 
Tests. Elementary Properties; Alternating Current Generator; Synchronous 
Machines in Parallel; Tests on Transformers; Curve Tracing; Resonant Rise of 
Potential; Polyphase Circuits and Transformations; Induction Motor; Rotary 
Converters; Induction Generator; Frequency Changes. Electrical Measurement. 

SMITH, C. F. Practical Alternating Currents, and Alternating Current 
Testing. Fifth Edition. 258 ill., 5^x8^, 414 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Alternating Electromotive Force and Current; Impedence; Power 
and Power Factor; Virtual Value of an Alternating Current; Effect of Capacity; 
The Transformer; Alternators; Synchronous Motors; The Polyphase Circuit; 
The Rotary Converter; The Polyphase Induction Motor; Single-phase Motors; 
The Composition of Waves. 

SMITH, C. F. Practical Testing of Dynamos and Motors. Third Edition. 

ic8 ill., 534x8^, 322 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: General Purposes of Tests; Measurements of Armature and Field 
Resistance; Production of Electromotive Force in a Dynamo; The Magnetic 


ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM 


85 


Circuit; Armature Reactions; Shunt-Wound Dynamo; Series Dynamo; Com¬ 
pound Dynamo; Effect of Current in the Motor Armature; Efficiency Tests of 
a Motor; Efficiency Tests of a Dynamo; Miscellaneous Tests; Motor Generators 
and Boosters. 

TOWNSEND, F. Short Course in Alternating Current Testing. Ill., 5 ^ 4 x 814 , 
boards, 32 pp. $ 0.75 

CONTENTS: Properties of Circuits; Alternating Current Generator; Determin¬ 
ation of an E. M. F.; The Transformer; The Induction Motor; The Synchron¬ 
ous Motor; Rotary Converter; Alternators in Parallel. 

ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS AND MEASUR¬ 

ING INSTRUMENTS 

EDGCUMBE, KENELM. Industrial Electrical Measuring Instruments. 

Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 260 ill., 5 J 4 x8> 4 , 430 pp. $ 5.00 
CONTENTS: Introductory; Errors and Accuracy; Constructional Details; Meas¬ 
urement of Resistances and Insulation; Potentiometers; Standard Methods of Cur¬ 
rent Measurement; Standard Methods of Pressure Measurement; Moving Iron 
Ammeters and Voltmeters; Moving Coil Ammeters and Voltmeters; Hot Wire 
Ammeters and Voltmeters; Induction Ammeters and Voltmeters; Dynamometer 
Ammeters and Voltmeters; Electrostatic Voltmeters; Power Measurement; Watt¬ 
meters ; Dynamometer; Wattmeters, Induction; Wattmeters, Electrostatic and Hot 
Wire; Idle or Reactive Component Meters; Phase or Power Factor Meters; Phase 
Rotation Indicators; Frequency Meters; Fault and Leakage Detectors; Synchronis¬ 
ing Devices; Pyrometers; Instrument Transformers; Graphic or Recording In¬ 
struments; Electrical Speed Indicators; Oscillograph and Other Wave Form Indi¬ 
cators; Live Main or Charge Indicators; Earth-Plate Testing Sets; Rail-Bond 
Testing Sets; Cell-Testing Voltmeters; Motor Car Voltmeters and Ammeters; 
Voltage and Current Relays; Measurement of the Starting Current of a Motor; 
Paralleling Voltmeters; Compensated Voltmeters; Crest or Peak Voltmeters. 

FLEMING, J. A. Handbook for the Electrical Laboratory and Testing Room. 

Two volumes. Ill., TI 6o pp. each, $ 6.50 

CONTENTS: Vol. I. Equipment of Testing Room; Measurement of: Electric 
Resistance; Current; Electromotive Force; Power. Vol. II. Measurement of: 
Electric Quantity and Energy; Capacity and Inductance; Photometry; Magnetic 
and Iron Testing; Dynamo-Motor and Transformer Testing. 

GERHARDI, C. H. W. Electricity Meters, Their Construction and Manage¬ 
ment. A practical manual for central station engineers, distribution 
engineers, and students. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 406 

ill., 5 ^x 8 J 4 , 524 PP- . $ 7-20 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Alternating-Current Meters; Continuous-Current 

Meters; Meters Suitable for Both; Prepayment Meters; Double Tariff Meters 
and Maximum Demand Indicators; Tramcar Meters; Choice of a Type of Meter; 
Arrangement of a Meter Department; Instruments, Apparatus and Accessories; 
Meter Testing; Reading and Erection; Meter Cleaning and Repairs; Meter 
Bookkeeping; Table of Double Square Roots for Use with Lord Kelvin s Stand¬ 
ard Electric Balances. 

HASKINS. C. H. The Galvanometer and Its Uses. A manual for electricians 
and students. Fifth Edition, Revised. 4j4 x 6/ / 2, 75 PP- ^ $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Resistance; Units of Measurement; Electromotive Force; Flow 
of Current Galvanometers; Rheostats; Shunts; Tangent, Gaugain Differential 
and Sine Galvanometers; Wheatstone Bridge; Formulas for Measurement; 
Shunts; Wires; Weight of Wires; Tables. 

LOCKWOOD, T. D. Electrical Measurement and the Galvanometer; Its Con¬ 
struction and Uses. Third Edition. 31 ill., 5 x 7 > l 2>7 PP* $ 0,75 




86 


ELECTRICAL CALCULATIONS 


NIPHER, F. E. Theory of Magnetic Measurements. With an appendix 
on the method of least squares. 111., 5 x j]/ 2} 94 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Declination; Determination of Scale Value of the Magnet and 
Magnetic Axis; Inclination; Pendulum Vibrations; Moment of Inertia; Correc¬ 
tion of the Oscillation Series for Torsion; Temperature Correction for Mag¬ 
netic Moment; Deflection Series for Intensity; Temperature Coefficient; Systems 
of Units; Method of Least Squares. 

PALMER. A. R. Magnetic Measurements and Experiments. With answers. 
2 5 iU., 124 PP- $ 0.75 

PARR, G. D. A. Electrical Engineering Measuring Instruments, for Com¬ 
mercial and Laboratory Purposes. 370 ill., 6y 2 x 9, 336 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: General Considerations; Moving-Needle Electromagnetic Instru¬ 
ments ; Moving-Coil Electromagnetic Instruments; Hot-Wire and Electrostatic 
Instruments; Electromagnetic Wattmeters; Recording Ammeters, Voltmeters and 
Wattmeters: Miscellaneous Standard and Other Instruments; Electricity Supply 


ELECTRICAL CALCULATIONS 

ATKINSON, A. A. Electrical and Magnetic Calculations. For the use of 

electrical engineers and artisans, teachers, students and all others in¬ 
terested in the theory and application of electricity and magnetism. 
Fourth Edition, Revised. Ill., 5% x ?'/>, 310 pp. ' " $ 1.50 

(Author is professor of physics and electrical engineering at Ohio Uni¬ 
versity.) 

CONTENTS: Explanation of Units; Relation of Quantities; General Laws ol 
Resistance; Electrical Energy; Wiring for Light and Power; Batteries; Mag¬ 
netism; Relation of Magnetic Quantities; The E. M. F. of Dynamos and Motors; 
Calculation of Fields; Elements of Dynamo Design; Alternating Currents- 
Alternating Current Distribution. 


HOBBS, W. R. P. The Arithmetic of Electrical Measurements. Sixteenth 
Edition, Revised and Edited, with six additional chapters by A R 
Palmer. Ill., 5x7, cloth, 129 pp. ' $ 0.75 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Ohm’s Law; Measurement of Current when Cells 
are in Series; Measurement of Current when Cells are in Parallel; The Effect 
of a Lumber of Cells; Current Produced by Cells in Series and Parallel- Best 
Arrangement of Cells; Current Produced by Cells in Opposition; Measurement 
of Current by Electrolysis; Measurement of Current by the Tangent and Mirror 
Galvanometer; Measurement of Resistance Employing Ohm’s Law and the Tan- 
g;ent Galvometer; The Post-Office Box; Resistance Calculated from the Dimen¬ 
sions of Conductors; Specific Resistance; The Variation of Resistance with Tem¬ 
perature; The Measurement of Electro-Motive Force; The Crompton Potentio¬ 
meter, The Heating Effect of a Current; Electric Lighting and Transmission of 
Power; Curve Plotting; Miscellaneous Exercises. 

SL 0 ANE, T. O’CONOR. Elementary Calculations. A manual of simple 
engineering mathematics, covering the whole field of direct current 
calculations, the basis of alternating current mathematics, networks and 
typical cases of circuits, with appendices on special subjects Ill 
5/2x8^, 316 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Introductory. Exponential Notation. Mechanics and Physics 
Ohm s Law. Resistance. Kirchoff’s Laws. Arrangement of Batteries. Elec¬ 
tric Energy and Power. Basis and Relations of Electric Units. Thermo-elec 
tncity._ Electrochemistry. Fields of Force. Magnetism. Electromagnetic 
Induction. Capacity and Inductance. Hysteresis and Foucault Currents. 



TELEPHONY 


8 7 


Alternating Currents. Networks. Demonstrations by Calculus. Geometrical 
Solution of Parallel Circuits. Algebraic Solution of Circuits. Wheatstone 
Bridge Law. Table of Equivalents. . 

Very few of the calculations in this book call for the use of higher algebra 
than is involved in the treatment of Ohm’s Law, and the arithmetic employed 
is simpler than that used in commercial calculations. Where more advanced 
algebra is required, as in the solution of networks, the matter is placed towards 
the end; and the complex variable, and the graphic solutions af alternating 
current problems are omitted as being beyond the scope of the book. 


TELEPHONY 


ATKINS, W. Common Battery Telephony Simplified. A book for practical 
telephone men and students. 150 ill., S l A l 7 4 PP- $1.25 

CONTENTS: Main Frame and Apparatus Room; Subscribers’ Switchboard Ar¬ 
rangements; Junctions; Subscribers’ Apparatus; Testing Arrangements; Miscel¬ 
laneous Circuits; Exchange Cables; Color Scheme; Measuring Resistance by 
Voltmeter. 


FLEMING, J. A. The Propagation of Electric Currents in Telephone and 

Telegraph Conductors. Third Edition, Largely Rewritten. Ill., 6]/ 2 x 

9 V 2 > 3 8 3 PP- 


In Press 


(Author is professor of electrical engineering in the University of London.) 
CONTENTS: Mathematcal Introduction; The Propagation of Electromagnetic 
Waves Along Wires; The Propagation of Simple Periodic Electric Currents m Tele¬ 
phone Cables; Telephony and Telephonic Cables; The Propagation of Currents in 
Submarine Cables; The Transmission of High-Frequency and Very Low-Fre¬ 
quency Currents Along Wires; Electric Measurements and Determination of the 
Constants of Cables; Cable Calculations and Comparison of Theory with Experi¬ 
ment; Loaded Cables in Practice. 


STEVENS, E. J. Field Telephones and Telegraphs for Army Use. Including 
an elementary course in electricity and magnetism. Fifth Edition. 
Revised and Enlarged. 95 ill., 5 x y/ 2 , 167 pp. $1-20 

CONTENTS: Batteries; Electrical Circuits; Magnetism; Induction and Capacity; 
Microphones and Receivers; Portable and Field Telephone Sets; Telegraphy; 
The Morse Code; Diagram of Stevens’ Field Set (1915)- 

THIESS, J. B., and J0¥, G. A. Toll Telephone Practice. With an introduc¬ 
tion by F. F. Fowle. 272 ill., 17 tables, 6^ xqJ 4, 433 PP- $ 3 50 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Rural Telephone Equipment. Toll Cut-in Stations. 
Toll Positions at a Local Switchboard. Toll Switching Systems. Small Toll Switch¬ 
boards. Multiple-Drop Toll Switchboards. Multiple-Lamp Toll Switchboards. 
Toll Connections to Local Automatic Systems. Supervisory Equipment and loll 
Chief Operator’s Desk. Toll Wire Chief’s Desk. Simplex Systems. Composite 
Systems. Phantom Lines. Test and Morse Boards. Small Test Panels. Line 
Construction. Electrical Reactions in Telephone Lines. Cross Talk and Inductive 
Disturbances. Methods of Testing. Toll Line Maintenance. The Telephone 
Repeater. 

The art of telephony is now so highly developed and specialized that to present 
the whole subject comprehensively and exhaustively in one volume is practically 
impossible. This new work in its aim at thoroughness and dependability there¬ 
fore treats completely only one of the major branches of telephony covering toll, 
suburban and long-distance telephone service. The theoretical portions are 
almost entirely non-mathematical, with the object of appealing not only to the 
engineer and student, but to the man whose training has been essentially prac¬ 
tical. For the same reason purely theoretical considerations are treated, where 
possible, in connection with their practical applications. 



TELEGRAPHY 


BAKER, T. THORNE. Telegraphic Transmission of Photographs. 65 ill., 
5x734, 151 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Attempts at the Solution of the Telegraphic Transmission of 
Photographs and Pictures. Professor Korn’s Selenium Process. Early Work 
with his Original Receiver. The String Galvanometer. Synchronism. First 
Experiments. The Early History of Commercial Photo-telegraphy. The 

Korn Telautograph. Principles of W T orking. Advantages Over Selenium. 
Early Work with Line Pictures. Experiments with Telegraph and Telephone 
Cables. Recent Progress with the Telautograph. The Thorne-Baker System. 
Differences Between the Telectograph and Earlier Chemical Systems. Elec¬ 
trolytic Records and Currents Transmitted Through Long Cables. The Thorne- 
Baker Line-balance. Work with the Electrolytic Telectograph. Considera¬ 
tions of the Telephone and Telegraph Lines and Their Influence on Photo¬ 
telegraphy. The Telestereograph of M. Belin. The Early Work of Bclin. 
Changes in His System. Recent Experiments. The Transmission of Photo¬ 
graphs and Pictures by Wireless Telegraphy. 

BRIGHT, CHAS. Telegraphy, Aeronautics and War. Colored folding map. 
6x9, 418 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Strategic Importance of Inter-Imperial Telegraphy; The Atlantic 
Cable Position and Its Moral; Telegraphic Communication in Its Relation to the 
Empire; Inter-Imperial Cable Communication; The All-Red Cable; Inter-Imperial 
Telegraphy; The Administration of Imperial Telegraph; Wanted: An Inter- 
Imperial Telegraph Link; Telegraphs in War-Time; Improved Methods of Cable 
Working; Cable and Wireless Communications; Trans-Atlantic Cable Communica¬ 
tion; Press and Cable Censorship; Cable Censorship Centralization; War News; 
Inter-Imperial Telegraphs; Board of Control for Inter-Imperial Communications; 
Aeronautical Development; Final R. F. C. Air Report; Aero Planes; Aero Engine; 
Aircraft and Engine Shortage; Early Delays in Producing Engines and Aero¬ 
planes; The Evolution of a New Scientific Industry; A Nation's Awakening; 
Nothing as Usual; Telegraph Rates Table; Telegraph Map of the World. 

BRIGHT, C. The Life Story of Sir Charles Tilson Bright With which is 
incorporated the story of the Atlantic Cable, and the first telegraph to 
India and the Colonies. Revised and Abridged Edition. 68 ill., 634 X9, 
498 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: Family Memoirs; Boyhood; Land Telegraphs; The Cable to 
Ireland; The Atlantic Cable; The Mediterranean Cables; The Telegraph to 
India; Politics and Parliament; West India Cables; Land Telegraphs; Mining; 
The Fire Alarm; Telephony; Electric Lighting; Various Evidence and Reports; 
The Paris Exhibition; The Institution of Electrical Engineers; Colleagues and 
Pupils; Volunteering; Freemasonry; Flome Life and Recreations; Death and 
Funeral; Summary 

FISHER, H. K. C., and DARBY, J. 0 . H. Student's Guide to Submarine 
Cable Testing. Fourth Enlarged Edition. Ill., 5^ x 8 j 4 , 252 pp. 

$ 4.00 

CONTENTS. Simple Testing; Joint Resistance and Shunts; Universal Shunt; 
Galvanometer Constant; Absolute Resistance; Insulation Test by Direct Deflec¬ 
tion; Earth Currents; Wheatstone’s Bridge; Measurement of Copper Resistance; 
Capacity Measurement; The Battery; Galvanometer Resistance; Correction for 
Temperature; Tesis for Total Breaks; Loop Test; Earth Overlap; Blavier Test; 
Resistance of an Earth; Absolute Measurement of Capacity; Correction for 
Galvanometer Deflections; Corrections for Capacity Tests; Multiplying Powers 
of Shunts for Swings; Temperature Tables; Appendices. 

HAUSMANN. ERICH. Telegraph Engineering. A manual for practicing 
telegraph engineers and engineering students. 192 ill., 534 x8]4, 416 

PP- $ 3.00 

(Author is assistant professor of physics and electrical engineering at the Poly¬ 
technic Institute of Brooklyn.) 



TELEGRAPHY 


89 


CONTENTS: Simplex Telegraphy; Duplex Telegraphy; Quadruplex Telegraphy; 
Automatic and Printing Telegraph; Telegraph Office Equipment and Telegraph 
Traffic; Miscellaneous Telegraphs; Municipal Telegraphs; Railway Signal Sys¬ 
tems; Telegraph Lines and Cables; Theory of Current Propagation in Line Con¬ 
ductors; Submarine Telegraphy; Tables. 

Presents in a logical manner the subject of modern overland and submarine 
telegraphy from an engineering viewpoint, its theoretical and practical aspects 
being correlated. 

LOCKWOOD, T. D. Electricity. Magnetism, and Electro Telegraphy. A 

practical guide for students, operators, and inspectors. Fourth Edition. 
152 ill., 6x9, 375 pp. $ 2.50 

L 0 R 1 NG, A. E. A Handbook of the Electro-Magnetic Telegraph. Fourth 
Edition, Revised. Ill., 3^x6, 116 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Science 
Series, No. 39.) $ 0.75 

MALCOLM, H. W. The Theory of the Submarine Telegraph and Telephone 
Cable. 198 ill., 5^4 x 8 j 4 , 576 pp. $ 9.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Mathematical Recapitulation; The Fundamental Cable' 
Constants; Transient and Periodic Phenomena. Purely Periodic Phenomena—The 
Telephone Cable. The Telegraphic Equation and Its Periodic Solution ; The Meth¬ 
ods of Loading Cables; Discontinuities and Reflexions; Alternating Current Meas¬ 
urements. Purely Transient Phenomena—The Telegraph Cable. The Telegraphic 
Equation and Its Transient Solution ; The Part Played by the Signalling Appa¬ 
ratus; Sending Phenomena and the Influence of Leaks. The Methods of Tele¬ 
graphic Transmission. Signalling by Inverse Currents: Sine Wave Transmis¬ 
sion. The Future Progress of Cable Telegraphy. Distortion and How It is Pro¬ 
duced; Present-day Methods of Overcoming Distortion; The Duplexed Cable; 
The Loaded Telegraph Cable; Appendices. 

POPE, F. L. Modern Practice of the Electric Telegraph. A technical hand¬ 
book for electricians, managers and operators. Seventeenth Edition, 
Rewritten and Enlarged. 185 ill., 248 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Sources of Electricity; Theory of Quantitative Electrical Measure¬ 
ment ; Laws and Conditions of Electrical Action; Laws of Electromagnetism; 
Telegraphic Circuits; Equipment of American Telegraph Lines; Testing Tele¬ 
graph Lines; Hints to Learners. 

SEWALL, C. H. Lessons in Telegraphy. For use as a textbook in schools 
and colleges, or for individual students. Ill., 5x7^2, 104 pp. $ 1.00 

CONTENTS: Signals; Morse Alphabet; Apparatus and Circuits Used by 
Learners; Conductors and Insulators; Three Letter Drill; Short Words of Fre¬ 
quent Occurrence; Numerals; Frequently Occurring Words of Different Lengths; 
Running Trains by Telegraph; Railway Train Orders; Commercial Telegrams; 
Receiving; Following Copy and Pen Copying; Study of Isolated Words; 
Telegraphic Terms; Stock and Bond Quotations; Batteries; Market Reports; 
Press News; Exercises. 

THOM, C., and JONES, W. H. Telegraphic Connections. Embracing recent 
methods in quadruplex telegraphy. 20 full-page plates, some colored. 
Oblong, 934 x 6 , 60 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Polar Relay; Pole Changer; Polar Duplex; Quadruplex; Pro¬ 
portional Dynamo Currents; The Working Quadruplex; Quadruplex Apparatus; 
Duplex Loop Connections; Combination Office and Outside Loop; Repeaters; 
Loop Switch; Postal Telegraph Loop System; Current Distribution; Wheat¬ 
stone Automatic Duplex. 


90 


WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY 


WILKINSON, H. D. Submarine Cable Laying and Repairing. New Second 

and Completely Revised Edition. 313 ill., 6x8/2, 581 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Surveying the Route; Principles of Design and Construction; 

Laying of Submarine Cables; Cable Ship on Repairs; Localization of Breaks 
and Faults. 

YOUNG, J. E. Electrical Testing for Telegraph Engineers. 91 illus., 8 

tables, 5^4 x 8 ^ 4 , 274 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Remarks on Testing Apparatus; Measurement of Current, Poten¬ 
tial and Battery Resistance; Natural and Fault Currents; Measurement of Con¬ 
ductor Resistance and Insulation Resistance; Corrections for Conduction and 
Insulation Tests; Measurement of Inductive Capacity; Localization of Discon¬ 
nections, Earths and Contacts; Correction of Localization Tests; Submarine 
Cable Testing. 


WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY 


AUSTIN, L. W., and COHN, L. Pocketbook of Radiotelegraphy. Illustrated, 
about 600 pp. In Press 

BANGAY, R. D. The Oscillation Valve. The elementary principles of its 
application to wireless telegraphy, no illustrations. 4/xy/, 223 
pp. $ 2.75 

CONTENTS: General Considerations of Wireless Telegraph Receivers; The Vac¬ 
uum Valve; The Fleming Valve; General Characteristics of the Three-Electrode 
Valve; The Application of the Three-Electrode Valve to Receivers; The Valve as 
a Magnifier; High-Frequency Magnification; The Reaction Principles; The Appli¬ 
cation of the Three-Electrode Valve to Transmitters; The Theory of the Soft 
Valve. 


BUCHER, ELMER E. Vacuum Tubes in Wireless Communication. A prac¬ 
tical text book for operators and experimenters. 148 ill., 6l4 x 9l / 2, 
210 pp. $ 2.25 

CONTENTS: Introduction; The Oscillation Valve in Radiotelegraphy; Practical 
Applications of the Oscillation Valve; Cascade Amplifications by the Vacuum 
Valve; The Regenerative Vacuum Valve Amplifier; Combined Regenerative and 
Cascade Amplification Systems; The Vacuum Tube as a Detector of Continuous 
Waves; Audio Frequency Tuning Circuits; Special Circuits for the Vacuum Tube; 
Wireless Telephony; The Dynatron Detector and Oscillator; Appendix. 

BUCHER, ELMER E. Practical Wireless Telegraphy. A complete text 
book of radio communication. Revised Edition. Ill., 6^x9 />, 344 

PP- $ 2.25 

CONTENTS: Magnetism; The Production of Electromotive Force; Electromag¬ 
netic Induction ; Motor Generators; Storage Batteries and Charging Circuits ; The 
Radio Transmitter; Appliances for a Radio Transmitter; Aerials or Antennae; 
Receiving Circuits, Detefctors and Tuning Apparatus; Auxiliary Apparatus or 
Emergency Transmitters; Practical Radio Measurements; Standard Marine Sets 
of the American Marconi Company; Marconi Direction Finder or Wireless Com¬ 
pass and its Application; transmitters of Undamped Oscillations; Receivers for 
Undamped Oscillations of Continuous Waves; Marconi Transoceanic Radio Teleg- 
raphy; Location of Trouble—Maintenance—Repairs; Appendix. 


ECCIES, W. H. Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony. A handbook of 

formulae, data and information. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 
434 ill., 5 y 2 x 8 y 2 , 538 pp. $ 8.80 

CONTENTS: Tables. Conversion Factors; Standard Times and Time Signals; 
Mathematical Tables; Mathematical Constants and Formulae; Electrical Units, 



WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY 


9i 


Symbols; Resistivity and Other Properties of Elements, Alloys, Electrolytes, In¬ 
sulators ; Dielectric and Discharge Data; Electro-Chemical and Thermo-Electric 
Data; Screw Threads; Dimensions, Weights and Resistance of Copper Wires, 
Low and High Frequency. Formulae. Capacity; Self-Inductance; Resistance of 
Conductors at Various Frequencies, with Abacs; Radiation; Vibration, Simple 
and Damped; Oscillatory Discharge; Forced Oscillations; Coupled Circuits; 
Alternating Current; The Transformer and Resonance Working; Waves on 
Wires and Coils. General Information. Technical, Experimental and Theoretical 
on Antennae (Forms, Capacity, Radiation, Resistance) ; Earths, Towers, Masts 
and Materials; Propagation of Waves; Efficiency; Strays; Description of Meth¬ 
ods of, and Plant for, Generation of Oscillations; Discharges; Quenched Sparks; 
Arcs; Machines; Frequency Changers; Ionic Tubes, Miscellaneous; The Induc- 
toium; Methods and Apparatus for Detection of Oscillations, Including Detectors, 
Ionic Tubes, Beat Reception, Relaying Amplifying, Telephone Receivers; Design 
of High-Frequency Circuits, Sending, Receiving; Descriptions of the Principal 
Systems of Wireless Telegraphy; Directive Telegraphy; Duplex Telegraphy; 
Methods of Wireless Telephony; Microphones; Wired Wireless. 

FLEMING, J. A. The Thermoionic Valve and Its Developments in Radio¬ 
telegraphy and Telephony. 144 ill., 5^x854, 294 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Historical Introduction; The Fleming Oscillation Valve; The Three- 
Electrode Valve; The Thermoionic Valve as a Generator of Electric Oscillations; 
The Thermoionic Detector in Radiotelegraphy; The Thermoionic Oscillator and De¬ 
tector in Radiotelegraphy; Recent Improvements in Thermoionic Apparatus; Ap¬ 
pendix. 

FLEMING, J. A. The Wireless Telegraphist's Pocket Book of Notes, 
Formulae, and Calculations. 39 ill., 4^2 * 7 %, leather, 360 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Mathematical Notes; Units, Dimensions, and Systems of Measure¬ 
ment; High Frequency Resistance and Inductance Measurement; High Frequency 
Current and Voltage Measurement; Capacity Measurement and Predetermination; 
Bridge Methods of Measurement of Resistance and Inductance; High Frequency 
Cymometer Measurements, Wave Lengths and Decrements; Aerials and Electric 
Radiation; Transmitters and Transmitting Circuits; Receiving Circuits and Detec¬ 
tors ; Practical Information for Wireless Operators; Mathematical and Physical 
Tables. 

MASSIE, W. W., and UNDERHILL, C. R. Wireless Telegraphy and Tele¬ 
phony Popularly Explained. With a special article by Nikola Tesla. 
28 ill., 5x7^2, 83 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: The Secret of Wireless Telegraphy; Principle and Theory; The 
Apparatus Used; Method of Operating; Historical; Uses of Wireless Teleg¬ 
raphy; Possibilities and Abuses; Wireless Telephony; The Future of the Wire¬ 
less Art. 

MIESSNER, B. F. Radiodynamics. The wireless control of torpedoes and 
other mechanisms. 112 ill., 5 54 x8*4, 211 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: The Evolution of Telemechanics, the Art of Controlling Mech¬ 
anisms from a Distance Through Electrical Conductors; Evolution of Radio 
Telegraphy, the Art of Signalling to a Distance Through the Natural Media; 
Practical Wireless Telegraphy; Electrostatic and Combined Induction-Conduction 
Telegraph Systems; Electromagnetic Wave Systems of Signalling; Possible Con¬ 
trol Methods for Radio Dynamics; Sound Waves; Infra-red or Heat Waves; 
Visible and Ultra-violet Waves; Earth Conduction; Electrostatic and Electro¬ 
magnetic Induction; Hertzian Waves; The Advent of Wirelessly Controlled 
Torpedoes; Selectors; Classification of Control Systems; European Control Sys¬ 
tems and Apparatus; Torpedo Control Problems; Improvements in Receiving 
Apparatus; Methods of Obtaining Selectivity; Detectors for Radio Dynamics 
and Torpedo Control; Means of Amplifying Received Currents; Sensitive Relays 
for Radio Dynamics; Types of Antenn;e Suitable for Radio'Dynamic Torpedies; 
Recent Developments. 

A general descriptive treatment of radiodynamics, especially in connection 


92 


WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPH 

with mechanisms operated at a distance—a treatment that without being 
overloaded with mathematical technicalities would yet be a clear and scientific 
summary of the practical experience of inventors in this field. As distin¬ 
guished from telemechanics and telautomatics analogous and broader subjects 
which include the control of mechanical movements from afar by whatever 
means, this work treats only of control systems which utilize the natural 
media, i.e., ether, air, water, or earth, as the connecting link between the 
control apparatus and the mechanisms to be controlled. 

MONCKTON, C. C. F. Radio Telegraphy. 173 ill., S 3 A x 8/2, 272 pp. (Van 
Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Electric Phenomena; Electric Vibrations; Electromagnetic Waves; 

Modified Hertz Waves as Used in Radio Telegraphy; Apparatus Used for 
Charging the Oscillator; Electric Oscillator; The Receiver; The Detecting Ap¬ 
paratus and Other Details; Measurements in Radio Telegraphy; Experimental 
Station at Elmers End; Lodge Muirhead System; Station at Nauen; Telefunken 
System; Station at Lyngby; Poulsen System; Portable Stations; Radio Tele¬ 
phony. 

MORGAN, ALFRED P. Wireless Telegraph Construction for Amateurs. 

Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 167 ill., 6 plates, 5^x7^, 
236 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Introductory; The Apparatus; Aerials and Earth Connections; 
Induction Coils; Interrupters; Transformers; Oscillation Condensers and Ley¬ 
den Tars; Spark Gaps or Oscillators; Transmitting Helixes; Keys; Aerial Switches 
and Anchor Gaps; Hot Wire Ammeter; Oscillation Detectors; Tuning Coils and 
Transformers; Receiving Condensers; Telephone Receivers and Headbands; Opera¬ 
tion ; The Amateur and the Wireless Law; How to Obtain a License; What 
It Is; How to Comply; How to Secure a License; Apparatus Required in Order 
to Comply; Full Text of Wireless Law. 

Reliable data pertaining to the construction of wireless telegraph apparatus. 

The author has presented practical information for those who may wish to 
build, for private use, wireless instruments which are more than toys, but 
yet not so expensive as the commercial instruments. The book shows the 
construction of simple, efficient instruments, and at the same time gives 
enough elementary theory and practical hints to enable the amateur not only 
to construct apparatus but to design his own. 

RUHMER, E. Wireless Telephony in Theory and Practice. Translated 

from the German by J. Erskine-Murrav, D.Sc. 145 ill., 6x8^4, 
225 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: The Photophone; Sources of Radiation; The Speaking Arc; The 
Photographophone; Light-Telephony at Useful Distances; Best Working Con¬ 
ditions for Light-Telephony; Closed Circuit Telephony; Electromagnetic Induc¬ 
tion Telephony; Spark Telephony; Accelerated Spark Rates; High Frequency 
Alternators; The Arc as a High Frequency Generator; Poulsen Generator; Mul¬ 
tiple Arcs in Air; Applications of the Arc to Telephony; The Duddell Phenom¬ 
enon ; Forced Vibrations; Conclusion; Recent Advances; Bibliography. 

SEW ALL, C. H. Wireless Telegraphy. Its origin, development, inventions 
and apparatus. Second Edition , Corrected. 77 ill., 5 plates, 5x8^2, 
235 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Prophecy; Discovery; Achievement; Explanatory; Descriptive; 

Inventors and Inventions; Comparative Merits of Wireless Telegraphy and of 
Telegraphy by Wires and Cables and the Commercial Outlook for Each ; No¬ 
menclature; Transmitters; Wave-Responsive Devices; Wave-Gates; Shields: 
Condensers; Inductance Coils; Keys, etc. 

STONE, ELLERY W. Elements of Radiotelegraphy. 125 ill., 33 plates 
5x73/2, flexible fabrikoid, 274 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Principles of Radiotelegraphy; Electrical Terms; Condensers; In- 


POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION 


93 


ductances ; Electro-Magnetic Induction; Alternating Current; Damping and Res¬ 
onance; Logarithmic Decrement; Wave Length, Frequency, Time Period; The 
Marconi 1896 Transmitter; Coupled Circuits; -Lodge 1898 Transmitter; Theory 
of Ionization; Spark Gaps; Marconi 1900 Transmitter; The Quenched Spark 
Gap; The Telefunken Transmitter; The Four Radio Transmitter Circuits; Trans¬ 
mitting Keys; Transformers; Condensers; Modern Spark Gaps; Transmitting 
Inductances; Antenna Current Ammeter; Antenna Condenser; Antenna Switch; 
Complete Transmitter; Marconi System; Telefunken System; Kilbourne & Clark 
System; Haller Cunningham System; Fessenden System; Multitone System; 
French Postal and Telegraph Department System; Wave Meters; Decremeters; 
Adjustment of a Modern Transmitter; Undamped Wave Transmitters; The 
Poulsen Arc Transmitter; Poulsen Arc Keys; Antennae; Various Types of 
Antennae; Tower Construction; Earth Connections; Antenna Resistance; Wave 
Propagation; Aerial Communication ; Pioneer Receivers; Detectors; Modern 
Receivers; Receiving Transformers; Receiving Condensers; Telephone Receivers; 
Audibility Measurements; Harmonic Oscillation of Receivers; The Edison Effect; 
Electron Tube Detectors; Electric Tube Amplifiers; The Heterodyne; Audion 
Beat Receiver; Modern Electron Tubes; Magnetic Control; Conclusion; Appendix. 


POWER PLANTS, POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION 

ABBOTT, A. V. The Electrical Transmission of Energy. A manual for the 
design of electrical circuits. Fifth Edition, Entirely Rewritten and 
Enlarged. Ill., 6J 4 x IO > 675 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; The Properties of Wire; The Construction of 

Aerial Circuits; The Construction of Underground Circuits; Special Railway 
Circuits; Electrical Instruments; Methods of Electrical Measurement; Contin¬ 
uous-Current Conductors; Conductors for Alternating Currents; Series Distri¬ 
bution; Parallel Distribution; Miscellaneous Methods; Polyphase Transmission; 
The Cost of Production and Distribution. 

COLLIS, A. G. High and Low Tension Switch-gear Design. 94 ill., and 
folding plates, 6 x 9, 233 pp. $ 3.50 

Contains the result of researches made with the object of obtaining accurate 
data as to the effects caused by opening and closing the circuits with various 
types of electrical apparatus. The major portion of this work is expressly 
intended as an introduction to the main elements of design of both direct and 
alternating current switch gear, and the treatment is such that the essentials may 
be easily understood. A number of oscillograph records are given. These are the 
result jf patient perseverance; were obtained only with great difficulty and 
expense; up to the present are unique; and believed to be the first published 
records of their kind. 

COLLIS, A. G. Switchgear and the Control of Electric Light and Power 
Circuits. 47 ill., 434x63/2. (Installation Manuals Series.) $ 0.50 

The book contains oscillograph records of the effects of opening and closing 
various types of switchgear, together with many valuable diagrams. Mathe¬ 
matical treatment has been particularly avoided, and the matter presented in as 
readable a form as possible, so that the points dealt with may be easily under¬ 
stood without unduly burdening the mind. 

CUSHING, Jr., H. C., and HARRISON. NEWTON. Central Station Manage¬ 
ment. Compiled especially for the managers, superintendents and engi¬ 
neers of electric light and power central stations, and is in accordance 
with the latest accepted practice. 534 x 7 Z A > 4 T 7 PP- $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: The Light, Heat and Power Business of Central Stations; Operating 
Expenses in Electric Lighting; State Protection for Lighting from Competition; 
Technical Features Governing Cost; Costs and Their Relation to Charges and Pur- 



94 


POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION 


chasing Power; How Central Stations Get Business; “New Business” for Central 
Stations; The Simplified Rate Problems of Electric Lighting; Financial Consider¬ 
ations Governing Rates; The Basis of Rates for Current; Rates to Charge for 
Electric Power; What the Rates Must Pay For; The Minimum Rate Charge; 
Lighting and Bills for Lighting; The Prepayment of Current; Light and Its 
Cost; Efficiencies in I lectric Lighting; General Distribution of Light; Scientific 
Lighting of City Stretts; The Illumination of Interiors ; Scientific Lighting of a 
Home; Accidents Due to Bad Lighting; Rates for Electric Cooking; District 
Heating from Central Stations; The Advantage of Farming by Central 
Station Power; Steam in Central Station Use; Management and Care of Boilers; 
Increasing Boiler Capacities in Central Stations; Increasing the Efficiency of 
Boilers; Boiler Corrosion in Central Stations; Boiler Furnaces for Central Sta¬ 
tions; Electrical Injuries, Cares, etc. 

An interesting work showing how many central stations have solved their 
problems. The authors, because of their association with the periodical “Cen¬ 
tral Station,” have had the opportunity to give close study to the questions 
brought out in this book. 

EDLER, R. Switches and Switchgear. Translated by Ph. Laubach. 365 
ill., xg, 412 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: General Remarks on the Design of Switchgear; Connecting Leads; 
Cable Sockets ; Connectors ; Copper Bars ; Contact Blocks ; Bolts ; Contact Springs 
and Brushes; Carbon Contacts; Devices to Eliminate Sparking at the Main 
Contacts; Switches and Change-Over Switches for Low and Medium Pressure; 
High-Pressure Switches; Fuses; Self-Acting Switches; Automatic Switches; Cir¬ 
cuit Breakers; Time Relays, etc.; Starting and Regulating Resistances; Con¬ 
trollers; Accumulator Switches, etc. 

GARRARD, CHAS. C., Ph.D. Electric Switch and Controlling Gear. A 

handbook on the design, manufacture and use of switchgear and switch¬ 
boards in central stations, factories and mines. 433 ill., 

656 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Materials and Manufacturing Methods; Apparatus for Making and 
Breaking Electric Circuits; Apparatus for Preventing a Dangerous Condition of 
the Current Flowing; Apparatus for Regulating the Amount of Current; Apparatus 
for Starting and Controlling Electrical Running Machinery; Low and Medium 
Tension Switchboards; High-Tension and Extra-High-Tension Switchboards; Ap¬ 
paratus for Protecting Electrical Machinery Against Abnormal Electrical Condi¬ 
tions. Appendices. National Electric Code; Abstract to Switchgear Requirements ; 
Abstract of American Standardization Rules; I. E. E. Wiring Rules; Switchgear 
Requirements; Abstract of Board of Trade Regulations in so Far as They Affect 
Switchgear; Abstract of Factory Rules in so Far as They Affect Switchgear; 
Abstract of Mining Rules Relating to Switchgear; Abstract of V. D. E. Rules; 
Standard Symbols. 

GEAR, H. B., and WILLIAMS, P. E. Electric Central Station Distribution 
Systems. Their design and construction. Second Edition, Revised and 
Enlarged. 187 ill., 514x714, 455 PP- $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Systems of Distribution; Transmission and Conversion; Voltage 
Regulation; Line Transformers; Secondary Distribution; Special Schemes of 
Transformation; Protective Apparatus; Overhead Construction; Pole Lines; 
Overhead Construction: Lines and Accessories; Underground Construction; 
Cable Work; Distribution Economics; Properties of Conductors; Alternating- 
Current Circuits. 

A comprehensive treatise brought up to date, dealing with the distribution of 
electricity for electric light and power, from the standpoint of the practical 
distribution engineer. In this new edition the subject of urban transmission 
and high-tension distribution has been given a separate chapter. The chap¬ 
ters on overhead and underground construction have been expanded to in¬ 
clude the progress made in recent years. The discussion of diversity factor 



POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION 


95 


has been broadened and supplemented by a statement of the relation of 
diversity to the cost of service, and to rate systems. The discussion of 
methods of voltage regulation, secondary distribution, special schemes of 
transformation, and distribution economics, contains matter gathered during 
the author’s fifteen years’ experience in the development of the distribution 
system of the Commonwealth Edison Company of Chicago. The work is 
devoted almost entirely to American practice. 

HOBART, H. M. Heavy Electrical Engineering. Ill., 6x9*4, cloth. 330 pp. 

$ 4.50 

CONTENTS: Overall Efficiency of Generating Stations and the Relation Be¬ 
tween Coal Consumption and Outgoing Electrical Energy; Steam Raising Plant; 
Piston Engines and Steam Turbines; Condensing Plant; Electric Generating 
Plant; Design of Generating Stations; High Tension Transmission Lines; High 
Tension Continuous Current Series System; Electric Traction Calculations; 
Traction Motors and Electrification of Railways. 

HUTCHINSON, R. W., Jr. Long Distance Electric Power Transmission. 

Being a treatise on the hydro electric generation of energy, its trans¬ 
formation, transmission, and distribution. Second Edition. Ill., cloth, 

SA x 8 > 35 ° PP* $ 300 

CONTENTS: Laws of Hydraulics; Applied Hydraulics; Hydraulic Machines 
and Accessory Apparatus; Generators, Switches and Protective Devices; Laws 
Governing the Transmission of Energy; The Transmission Line; Transformers; 
Converters; Motors; Practical Plants; Distinctive Features of Prominent Long 
Distance Transmissions. 

JAMES, HENRY D. Controllers for Electric Motors. A treatise on the 
modern industrial controller, together with typical applications to the 
industries. 259 ill., MA x 8 } 4 , 360 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Historical; Design Details; How to Read a Dia¬ 
gram ; Methods of Acceleration; Starting Characteristics of D. C. Motors; Speed 
Control and Dynamic Braking; D. C. Magnetic Contractor Control; A. C. Start¬ 
ers and Controllers; Resistors; Protective Devices; Series Parallel Control; 
Voltage Control for D. C. Motors; Mine Hoists; Pumps; Machine Tool Con¬ 
troller; Printing, Paper and Rubber Calenders; Steel Mills; Cranes; Car Dump¬ 
ers; Ore and Coal Bridges; Coke Elevators; Oil Wells; Mine Locomtives. 

A comprehensive treatment explaining the principles un<ierlying the operation 
of industrial controllers so as to be of practical assistance to technical stud¬ 
ents, operating engineers, purchasers and users of electrical apparatus. The 
preliminary chapters are quite elementary so as to make an understanding of 
the fundamentals easy. In the application sections, the processes and methods 
of operation are described in some detail, as information is always essential 
to a proper understanding of the control. Many controller troubles arise 
from the lack of complete information of this nature. 

KLINGENBERG, G. Large Electric Power Stations. Their design and con¬ 
struction, with examples of existing stations. 180 ill., 7 plates, 7x10, 
260 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Principles for the Construction of Large Electric 
Power Works, Fundamental Terms, Engine Room, Boiler House, Storage and 
Transport of Coal, Ash Removal, Switchgear, Position of Power Station, Archi¬ 
tectural Features, Summary and Energy Diagram; Comparisons of Costs of 
Electrical Transmission of Energy and of the Transport of Coal; Economy and 
Generating Costs in Relation to Capacity and Utility Factor; Markische Electrical 
Works, Coal Storage and Transport, Boiler House, Engine Room Switchgear, 
Economic Results Obtained in the Markische Works; Fundamental Data for the 
Framing of Tariffs, Determination of Prime Costs, Comparison Between Private 
Supply and Supply from a General Power Station; Second Example of the 


96 


POWER TRANSMISSION •AND DISTRIBUTION 


Installations of the Victoria Falls and Transvaal Power Company, Ltd., in South 
Africa, History, Brakpan and Simmerpan Power Stations and Hercules Sub¬ 
station, Preparatory Work for Further Development, Second Part of the Rosher- 

ville Power Station; Preparatory Work for Further Development, Vereeniging 
Power Station, Summary. 

Deals with the problems of the construction of large electric plants in relation 
especially to the reduction of full consumption and lowering the price of elec¬ 
tric current when supplied consumers. It contains a study of the questions 
of economy in capital outlay and production. Engineering and financial con¬ 
siderations are treated in their proper relation to each other. 

KOESTER, FRANK. Hydroelectric Developments and Engineering. A 

practical and theoretical treatise on the development, design, construc¬ 
tion, equipment, and operation of hydroelectric transmission plants. 

Second Edition. 500 ill., 7 J 4 x I0 M> 475 PP- $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Investigation. Forest Preservation. Hydraulics. Economy 

in Development. Gravity Dams. Movable Dams. Fish-ways, Head Race 
Trenches. Flumes. Tunnels. Syphon System. Racks. Screens. Gates 
Collecting Basin. Steel, Wooden and Reinforced Concrete Penstocks. Power 
Plant Arrangement. Excavation. Foundations. Superstmcture. Structural 
Steel. Turbines. Draft Tubes. Regulating Devices. Oiling Systems. Test¬ 
ing Turbines. Generators. Switching Room. Switch-boards. Switch-board 
Equipment. Wiring Diagrams. Bus Bar. Oil Switches. Relays. Trans¬ 
mission Lines. A. C. Conductors. D. C. Conductors. ^ Strength. Spacing 
and Size of Conductors. Transposition. Corona Effect. Wooden and Concreted 
Poles. Reinforced Concrete Poles and Towers. Steel Towers. Economical 
Spans. Insulators. Wall Outlets. Substations. Transformers. Trans¬ 
former Connections. Converters. Motor-generators. Frequency Changes. 
Switch Gear of Substations. Line Protection. Choke Coils. Horn, Multigap 
and Fluid Lightning Arresters. Description of Eight Hydroelectric Transmis¬ 
sion Plants, viz.: two American, one Mexican, one Norwegian, two German, 
one Swiss-Italian, and one Austro-Hungarian. 

KOESTER, F. Steam Electric Power Plants and Their Construction. A 

practical treatise on the design of central light and power stations and 
their economical construction and operation. Second Edition. 340 ill., 
8 x ioy 2 , 455 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Location: General Layout; Coal Storage; Condenser Water Sup¬ 
ply; Excavation and Foundations; Building; Structural Steel; Architectural 
Features: Boilers; Mechanical Stokers; Grates; Coal; Combustion; Draft; 
Flues; Chimneys; Feed Water; Superheaters; Superheated Steam; Piping; Re¬ 
ciprocating Engines; Turbines; Condensers; Pumping Machinery; Oiling Sys¬ 
tem; Electrical Equipment; Design of Small Plants; Testing Power Plants; 
Descriptive Discussion of Typical American and European Light and Power 
Plants; Data of Most Recent Plants. 

TAYLOR, WM. T. Calculation of Electric Conductors. Ill., large folding 
chart, 8 x 11^4, 34 pp. In Press 

CONTENTS: The Logarithmic Chart as Applied to Cable Calculation; Practical 
Examples; Useful Conversions, and Calculating Chart for Electric Cables. 

TAYLOR, "WM. T. Electric Power Conductors and Cables; Their Practical 
Applications. In Press 

CONTENTS: Relative Advantages of Overhead and Underground Transmission 
and Distribution; Conductors; Carrying Capacity of Conductors; Factors Deter¬ 
mining Size of Conductors; Calculation of Conductors for Underground Service 
and Insulated Cable Systems: Treatment of Logarithmic Charts and Vector 
Relations; Calculation of Conductors for Overhead Service and Bare Conductor 
Systems; Tables of Wires and Cables. 


ELECTRIC RAILWAYS 


97 


ASHE, S. W., and KEILEY, J. D. Electric Railways Theoretically and Prac¬ 
tically Treated. Fully illustrated. 

Vol. I., Rolling Stock, by Prof. Ashe and Mr. Keiley. Second Edition. 
Ill., 53 4 x yy A , 290 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Units-Curve Plotting-Instruments; Analysis of Train Perform¬ 
ance; Train Recording and Indicating Instruments; Direct Current Series Rail¬ 
way Motor; Alternating Current Single Phase Motors; Types of Control and 
Their Operation; Car Bodies; Trucks; Brakes and Braking; Electric Locomo¬ 
tives ; Electrical Measurements. 

Vol. II. Engineering Preliminaries and Direct Current Substations, 
by Prof. Ashe. Ill., 534 x 7%, 288 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Preliminary Considerations; Determination of Required Motor 

Capacity, Schedules and Load Diagrams; Power House and Sub-Stations Loca¬ 
tion; Rotary Converter Sub-Stations; The Rotary Converter; The Transformer; 
Insulating Oils; Auxiliary Sub-Station Apparatus. 

AUSTIN, EDWIN. Single-Phase Electric Railways. 346 ill., 8 x n, 308 pp. 

$ 5.00 

CONTENTS: The Single-Phase System; The London, Brighton and South Coast 
Railway; The Midland Railway; The Midi Railway; The Blankanese-Hamburg- 
Ohlsdorf Railway; The Dessau-Bitterfeld Railway; The Murnua-Oberammergau 
Railway; The Mittelwald Railway; The St. Polten-Mariazell Railway; The Mar- 
tigny-Orsieres Railway; The Valle-Maggia Railway; The Rhaetian Railway; The 
Lotschberg-Simplon Railway; The Rotterdam-Schevenningen Railway; The 
Thamshavn-Lokken Railway; The Rjukan Railway; The Swedish State Railways; 
The Parma Single-Phase Tramways; The New York, New Haven and Hartford 
Railway; The New York, Westchester and Boston Railway; The Spokane and 
Inland Empire Railway; The Rock Island and Southern Railway; The Hoosac 
Tunnel Railway; The St. Clair Tunnel Railway. 

Devoted to exact and careful descriptions of complete railways and portions 
of main line railways electrified on the single-phase system, of which there are 
two in England and a great number in Europe and six in the United States. 

DAVIES, F. H. Electric Power and Traction. Ill., 6x834, 293 pp. (Van 
Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Generation and Distribution of Power; Electric Motors; Appli¬ 
cation of Electric Power; Collieries; Engineering Workshops; Textile Factories; 
Printing; At Sea; On Canals; Electric Traction; Overhead System and Track 
Work; Conduit System; Surface Contact; Car Building and Equipment; Elec¬ 
tric Railways. 

GANT, L. W. Elements of Electric Traction for Motormen and Others. 

38 ill., 534 x 8 ^ 4 , 217 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Principles of Magnetism; Principles of Electricity; 
Principle of the Dynamo; Principle of the Continuous-Current Motor Power 
and Power Measurement; Mechanics of Traction; Characteristic Properties of 
Continuous-Current Motors; Application of Motors to Traction; Brakes. 

HOBART, H. M. Electric Trains. 88 ill., 5^4 x 8 ^ 4 , 220 pp. Reprinting 

LIVERMORE, V. P., and WILLIAMS, J. How to Become a Competent 

Motonnan. Being a practical treatise on the proper method of operat¬ 
ing a street railway motor car; also giving details how to overcome 



y8 


ELECTRIC LIGHTING 


certain defects. Second Edition , Entirely Rewritten and Enlarged. 
# ill., 5x634, 247 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Accidents; Brakes; Circuits; Circuit Breakers; Cars; Air Com¬ 
pressor ; Car Control and Controllers; Electrical Current; Motor Defects; Lamps; 
Lightening Arrester; Railway Signals; Switches; Electrical Terms; Troubles; 
“Don’ts” Electrical Units; Valves. 

PARSHALL, K. 1 '., and HOBART, H. M. Electric Railway Engineering. 
437 ill., 8 x 11, 463 pp. $ 7.50 

CONTENTS: Tractive Resistance at Constant Speed; Acceleration; Tractive 

horce and the Power and Energy at the Axles; Characteristics of Electric Rail¬ 
way Motors; Section Characteristics; Construction of Load Curves; Electrical 
Power Generating Plant; High Tension Transmission System; Sub-Stations; 
Distributing System; Rolling Stock; Locomotives-and Motor Carriages and Their 
Electrical Equipment; Trucks. 

SAYERS, H. M. Brakes for Tramway Cars. 6x9, 76 pp. $ 1.25 

CONTENTS; Importance and Function of Tramway Car Brakes; Classification; 
Coefficients of Static and Sliding Friction; Wheel Brakes; Hand and Mechan- 
lca 1 Electrica 1 , Their Theoretical and Actual Effectiveness; Influence of Rail 
Conditions; Sanding and Cleaning; Mechanical and Magnetic Track Brakes; 
Combined Track and Wheel Brakes; Adjustment and Maintenance of Brakes* 
General Conclusions as to Choice and Use of Brake; A Typical Accident; Useful 
J ables and Data. 

SHELDON, SAMUEL, and HAUSMANN, ERICH. Electric Traction and 

Transmission Engineering. N ew Edition in Press 

(Authors are in charge of the department of physics and electrical engineering at Poly¬ 
technic Institute, Brooklyn.) 

CONTENTS: Determination of the Number and Size of Cars for an Urban Road. 
Tractive Effort Required for Car Propulsion. Types and Performance Curves of 
Motors. Speed Curves. Railway Motor Control. Energy Consumption. The Dis¬ 
tributing System. Substations. Transmission Lines. Steam and Hydraulic Power 
Stations. 

The essential facts to be considered in determining the final elements of a com¬ 
plete electric traction system are here carefully presented so as to present a 
perspective view of the installation from the cars to the power station. The nature 
and sequence of the various problems involved are indicated, and methods for 
ftheir solution are suggested and illustrated. 


ELECTRIC LIGHTING 

ATKINSON, PHILIP, Elements of Electric Lighting. Including electric 

generation, measurement, storage and distribution. Tenth Edition. 
Fully Revised and New Matter Added. Ill., 5x734, 280 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Electricity a Mode of Molecular Motion; Principles of the Dy¬ 
namo; Direct Current Dynamos; Alternating Current Dynamos; Electrical Terms 
and Units; Electrical Measurements; The Arc Lamp; The Incandescent Lamp * 
The Storage Battery; Distribution. 

AYRTON, H. Electric Arc. With numerous figures, diagrams and plates. 
Ill., 6 x 8 %, 479 pp. $5.50 

CONTENTS: Appearance; History; “Striking” and Sudden Variations of Cur¬ 
rent; Curves Involving P. D., Constant Current, ana Length of Arc- Area of 
Crater and Crater Ratios; Variations of P. D. with Diameter of Cored Carbons 
Constant Current Resistance Curves; Constant P. D. Curves; The Equation for 



ELECTRIC LIGHTING 


99 


P. D., Current, and Length of Arc with Solid Carbons; P. D. Between Each 
Carbon and the Arc; Fall of Potential; Relation Between E. M. F. of Generator, 
Resistance in Series with Arc, P. D., Current and Length of Arc; Power Effi¬ 
ciency; Hissing Arcs; Light and Luminous Efficiency of the Arc; Mechanism 
of the Arc; Reasons for Different Effects with Solid and Cored Carbons. 

BAPtHAM, CL B. The Development of the Incandescent Electric Lamp. 

25 ill, 2 plates, 10 tables, 5^4 x 206 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Some Earlier Forms of Incandescent Lamps. The Carbon 
Filament Lamp. Improvements in the Carbon Filament Lamps. The “Metal¬ 
lized ” Filaments. Tantalum and the Tantalum Lamp. Tungsten and Tungsten 
Ores. The Tungsten Lamp. Just-Hanaman Method of Making Filaments. The 
Tungsten Lamp. The Colloidal Method of Making Filaments. The Amalgam and 
Plating Methods of Making Filaments. Methods of Making Filaments from Pow¬ 
dered Tungsten. Other Methods, Manufacturing Processes and Early Discoveries. 
Osmium and the Osmium Lamp. Silicon and the Helion Lamp. 

CHILD. CLEMENT D. Electric Arcs. Experiments upon the arc between 
different electrodes in various environments and their explanation. 
58 ill., 5x7, 203 pages. $2.00 

(Author is professor of physics in Colgate University.) 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Arc in Air between Carbon Electrodes; Arc in Air 
between Other Substances than Carbon; Arc with Pressures Greater or Less than 
Atmospheric Pressure in Other Gases than Air; Mercury Arc; Alternating Current 
Arc; Photometry of the Electric Arc; Use of Arc in Wireless Telephony; Theory of 
the Electric Arc. 

A discussion of the electric arc giving special attention to the explanation of 
the phenomena and to those investigations that were made in recent years. 

A rather full account is given of the experiments on the mercury arc and the 
discussion of the more recent theories. 

JEHL, F. The Manufacture of Carbons for Electric Lighting and Other 
Purposes. 83 ill., 5^x8^, cloth, 232 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Physical Properties of Carbon; Historical Notes; Facts Con¬ 

cerning Carbon; Modern Process of Carbon Manufacture; A “New” Raw Mate¬ 
rial; Gas Generators; Furnace;. Estimation of High Temperatures; Gas Analysis; 
Building a Carbon Factory; Capital Necessary; Soot or Lampblack; Soot Fac¬ 
tories; American Methods of Manufacture. 

JOHNSON, J. H. Arc Lamps and Accessory Apparatus. 29 ill., 4 % x 6 l / 2 > 
132 pp. (Electrical Installation Manual Series.) $ 0.75 

CONTENTS: General Principles of Illumination. Open Type Arc Lamps. 
Enclos d Ac Lamps. Carbon Flam' Lamps. Transforming Apparatus. 
S eadying and Protective Apparatus. Methods of Suspension and Switchgear. 
Lamp Adjustments and Faults. Application of Arc Lamps. Metallic Flame 
Arcs. 

The Manufacture of Electric Light Carbons. A practical guide to the 
establishment of a carbon factory. New Edition. Ill., 5 y 2 x 8. $ 1.00 

CONTENTS: Preparation of Material; Drying Rooms; Firing the Carbons; 

Saturating; Coring; Description of Plant Required; Cost of Plant; Cost of 
Materials and Labor; Estimated Profit. 

NERZ, F. Searchlights; Their Theory, Construction and Applications 

Translated by Charles Rodgers. 47 ill., 6x8, 145 pp. Reprmting 

CONTENTS: Historical; Theoretical Considerations; Performance of Search¬ 
lights ; Testing of Searchlight Mirrors; Applications of Searchlights in the 
Field, in the Land Fortress, for Coast Defence, on Battleships; Details of Con¬ 
struction; The Shunt Lamp—Remote Control—Signalling Gear—The Iris Shut- 


ELECTRIC LIGHTING AND WIRING 


ter—The Disperser—The Double Disperser—Searchlights for Special Purposes; 
Transportable Power Supply: Power-wagon with Steam Turbine—Power-wagon 
with Petrol or Alcohol Motor—Power-wagon with Petroleum Motor. 

PALAZ, A. A Treatise on Industrial Photometry. With special application 
to electric lighting. Authorized translation from the French by George 
W. Patterson, Jr., and M. R. Patterson. Second Edition, Revised. 

Ill., 6-4 x 9 J 4 , 334 PP- $ 4 00 

CONTENTS: Principles of Photometry; Photometers; Photometric Standards; 
General Equipment and Auxiliary Apparatus of Practical Photometry; Electric 
Lights; Distribution and Measurement of Illumination. 

RASCH, E. Electric Arc Phenomena. Translated by K. Tornberg. 52 ill., 
5x7, 187 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: General Outline of Electric Arc Phenomena; The Typical Carbon 
Arc; External Phenomena; Arc Adjustment; Typical Electrode Materials and 
their Physical Properties; Theory of Electrical Discharges through Gases; Spark 
Discharges; Empirical Results; Voltage and Current Conditions in the Arc; Dis¬ 
tribution of Energy in the Arc; Efficiency of Commercial Types of Arcs. 

Gives in clear and concise form practically all that modern physics has to 
say about the Electric Arc. This information is carefully classified, so that 
the inventor or manufacturer can readily utilize it, each theory or physical 
fact being fully set forth, together with tables of constants or curves embody¬ 
ing recent experimental results. Everything that is likely to be useful is dis¬ 
cussed, e.g., thermal conductivity and specific heat of mixtures of electrode 
materials, theories of light, etc. Pure carbon arcs, flame carbon arcs, mer¬ 
cury vapor arcs and metallic oxide arcs all receive attention. In most cases 
references are given to original papers. 

REY, JEAN. The Range of Electric Searchlight Projectors. Translated by 
J. H. Johnson, M. Inst. E. E. 27 ill., 6 extra full-page illus., 7 x io l / 2 , 
[[65 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Determination of the Luminous Flux Emitted by an Electric Arc; 
Theoretical Illumination Obtained with a Specified Reflector; Efficiency of Elec¬ 
tric Searchlight Projectors; Practical Value of the Illumination by Searchlight 
Projectors; Searchlights with Mangin Mirrors; General Law Giving the Value 
of the Range of an Electric Searchlight Apart from the Visual Sharpness; Prac¬ 
tical Application of the Law of Ranges Apart from the Visual Sharpness; Prac¬ 
tical Examples and Problems in Respect of the Range Variation in the Range 
with the Size of the Searchlight and the Atmospheric Transparency; Visual Sharp¬ 
ness ; Appendix. 

SOLOMON, MAURICE. Electric Lamps. 112 ill., 6 x 8 j 4 , 339 pp. (West¬ 
minster Series.) $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: The Principles of Artificial Illumination; The Production of 

Artificial Light; Photometry; Methods of Testing; Carbon-Filament Lamps; 
The Nernst Lamp; Metallic-Filament Lamps; The Electric Arc; The Manufac¬ 
ture and Testing of Arc Lamp Carbons; Arc Lamps; Miscellaneous Lamps; 
Comparison of Lamps of Different Types, 

WIRING FOR LIGHT AND POWER 

CRAIG, J. W., and WOODWARD, W. P. Questions and Answers About 
Electrical Apparatus. Illustrating general points and information con¬ 
cerning testing, operation, troubles and defects of electrical apparatus. 
Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Ill., 4^2 x 6 ? 4 , leather, 256 pp. 

$ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Systems; Illuminating Engineering; Incandescent Lamps; Arc 



WIRING FOR LIGHT AND POWER 


IOI 


Lamps; Direct Current Motors; Alternating Current Motors; Constant Potential 
Transformers; Constant Current Transformers; Mercury Arc Rectifiers; Meters 
and Instruments; Interior Wiring; Exterior Wiring; Central Station Operation 
and Apparatus; Wire Table. 

DEVEY, R. G-. Mill and Factory Wiring. 128 ill., 8 tables, 4*4x6^, 
209 pp. (Electrical Installation Manuals Series.) $1.00 

CONTENTS: Methods of Wiring; Wiring and Connections for Electric Power 

and Light; Wiring Calculations and Tables; Tables; Lay-Out of Wiring Network 
in Factories. 

MONTGOMERY, J. H. Electric Wiring Specifications. 4 x 6 > 4 , 140 pp. 

$ 1.00 

(Author is professor of physics and electrical engineering, University of South¬ 
ern California.) 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Directions for Use. Wiring Specifications. General 
Conditions; Description: Labor and Workmanship; Materials; Generators and 
Motors; Switchboard.; Service Entrance. Special Specifications. Fixtures; Wir¬ 
ing Exposed to Moisture; Wiring in Show Windows; Motors on Grounded Trol¬ 
ley Service; Moving Picture Machines; Bell Wiring. Schedule of Lights and 
Conductors. Illumination Data. Inspection and Superintendence. 

These specifications are arranged for convenient use by architects and contrac¬ 
tors who may be called upon to draw up a set of specifications for electrical 
work and haven’t the necessary information at hand. It is intended to provide 
good modern construction for work of comparatively small extent. The text 
is so written and indexed that the typist may copy directly from the book and 
have a correctly worded and arranged set of specifications. 

REDFERN, J. B., and SAVIN, J. Bells, Indicators, Telephones, Fire and 
Burglar Alarm. 85 ill., 4^x6^, 123 pp. (Electrical Installation 
Manuals Series.) $ 0.75 

CONTENTS: Electric Bells. Push Buttons. Polarized Bells. Bell Circuits. 
Fire Alarm Apparatus. Indicators and Indicator Circuits. Direct Working Tele¬ 
phones. Battery Call Telephones with Induction Coil. Magneto-Telephones. 
Inter-Communicating Telephones. Cables. Telephone Switchboards. 

WALKER, SYDNEY F. Electric Wiring and Fitting For Plumbers and 
Gasfitters. 94 ill., 5 x y J / 2y 168 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Introductory; The Insulation of Wires, Their Protection, Fixing, 
etc.; Fixing Wires and Cables; Lamps; Switches, Fuses, Distribution Boards, etc. 

WRIGHT, J. Testing, Fault Localization and General Hints for Linemen. 
19 ill., 434 x 6 j 4 , 88 pp. (Electrical Installation Manuals Series.) $ 0.50 

CONTENTS: Testing by Telephone. The Megger and Its Uses. Surface Leakage. 
“ Guard-Wire ” Principle in Insulation Testing. Applications of the Mil-Ammeter. 
Repairing Broken Metal Filaments. Resistances and Artificial Loads. Polarity. 
Fuse Hints. Uses of the Voltmeter. Measuring Galvanometer, and Battery Resist¬ 
ance. Short Circuits. Bell Circuits. Telephone Circuits. Lamps and Lighting. 
The Nodon Valve. Finding Resistance of Wire Coil. Condensers. Flexible Con¬ 
ductors. Care of Testing Apparatus. Testing H. P. by Prony Brake. Ohm’s Law. 
Wheatstone Bridge. Lampholders and Wall-Sockets. Earthing. A Home-Made 
Galvanometer. 



102 


WIRES AND CABLES 


DEL MAR, WILLIAM A. Electric Power Conductors. Second Edition, Re¬ 
vised. 69 ill., 6x9, 330 pp. $2.00 

(Author is assistant engineer, electrical transmission department, New York Cen¬ 
tral Railroad.) 

CONTENTS: Wires and Cables. Materials and Gauges. Materials; Wires; 
Cables. Electrical Properties. Resistance of Wires and Cables; Resistance of 
Networks; Skin Effect; Carrying Capacity. Insulation and Insulated Conductors. 
Insulation; Insulated Cables; Insulators. Determination of Size for Given Vol¬ 
tage Drop and Power Loss. Voltage and Systems of Distribution; Lamp Wiring 
Calculations; Continuous Current Railway Feeder Calculations; Negative Booster 
Calculations; Alternating Current Feeder Calculations; Economical Size of Con¬ 
ductors and Kelvin’s Law. Determination of Size for Given Stress in Spans. 
Specifications. Tests. Installation. Underground Lines; Overhead Lines; Splic¬ 
ing. Depreciation and Deterioration. Depreciation; Deterioration by Electro¬ 
lysis and Miscellaneous Causes. Third Rail Circuits. Rail Bonds. Tables of 
Inductance and Capacity. Appendices. Basis of B. & S. Gauge. Basis of Skin 
Effect and Carrying Capacity Formulae; Method of Calculating Thickness of 
Rubber Insulation; Basis of Direct and Alternating Current Transmission For¬ 
mulae; Basis of Formulae for Stresses in Spans; Explanation of Specifications; 
Basis of Tables and Inductance. 

DWIGHT, HERBERT B. Transmission Line Formulas for Electrical Engi¬ 
neers and Engineering Students. 27 ill., 5x7, 143 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Working Formulas. Regulation Chart; Introduction; Elements of 
a Transmission Line; Regulation Chart; Formulas for Short Lines; “ K ” Formulas; 
Convergent Series. Theory. Conductors; Transmission Line Problems; Reactance 
of Wire. Single Phase; Slcin Effect; Reactance of Cable. Single Phase; Reactance 
of Two-Phase and Three-Phase Lines; Capacity of Single-Phase Line; Capacity of 
Two-Phase and Three-Phase Lines; Theory of Convergent Series. Tables. 

A compilation of a set of instructions for engineers, chat will enable them to 
make electrical calculations for transmission lines with the least possible amount 
of labor. The Theory has been placed separately in the second part of the work 
'for reference and contains the derivation of the principal formulas used in con¬ 
nection with transmission lines. 

F 0 WLE, FRANK F. The Protection of Railroads from Overhead Trans¬ 
mission Line Crossings. 35 ill., 5^ x 7^, 75 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: What the Dangers are. Effects of Failure of High-tension. 
Transmission Line at Railroad Crossings. Examples of High-tension Prac¬ 
tice in Line Construction. Failures of High-tension Lines. Failure of Poles, 
Cross-arms and Pins. Failure of Phase-wires and Insulators. Ruin Caused 
by Break of High-tension 'Wire. Screen Protection. Bridge and Catenary 
Types of Reinforced Crossing. Underground Crossings. Insulation Used by 
Different Companies on Three-conductor High-tension Cables. Discussion 
of Proposed Type of Crossing. Classification of Crossings by Voltage. Sleet 
Load, Wind Pressure. Corrected Wind Velocities—Miles per Hour. Observed 
Wind Velocities. Temperatures. Factors of Safety. Structures. Founda¬ 
tions. Insulators. Conductors. Separation of Conductors. Dead Ending 
and Tying. Ground Cable. Low Voltage Circuits on the High-tension Line & 
Conclusions. List of References to the Transactions of the American Institute 
of Electrical Engineers. 

KAPPER, F. Overhead Transmission Lines and Distributing Circuits. 

Their design and construction. Translated by P. R. Friedlaender. 297 
ill., 2 plates, yyi xio, 310 pp. $4.00 

CONTENTS: Conductor Materials; Sag and Tension of the Line; Design of the 
Supporting Structures; Stability of Poles and Masts; Forces of the Foundation 



WIRES AND CABLES 


103 


Block; bixing the Poles in the Ground; Concrete and Cement Foundation Work; 
Pole Construction; Overhead Line Insulators; Attachment of the Insulators to 
Their Pins; Attachment of the Wire to the Insulator; Joints and Branch Con¬ 
nections on the Line; Arrangement of the Wires; Earthing; Crossings Over 
Postal Wires, Railways, and Roads; Erection of Poles and Masts; Erecting the 
Wire; Rules and Llints for the Design and Erection of Overhead Lines; Instru¬ 
ments for Surveying and Laying Out the Route of a Line; Surveying the Route 
of a Transmission Line; The Most Economical Length of Span; Comparison of 
the Various Supporting Structures with Reference to the Minimum Annual 
Charges; Local Overhead Distributing Systems; Agreements with Contractors; 
Tools and Appliances; Regulations Dealing with the Erection and Operation of 
Overhead Lines. 

PERRINE, E. A. C. Conductors for Electrical Distribution. Their manu¬ 
facture and materials, the calculation of circuits, pole line construction, 
underground working and other uses. Second Edition, Revised. Ill., 
x 9J4, 294 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Conductor Materials; Alloyed Conductors; Manufacture of Wire; 
Wire; ^Finishing and Insulation; Cables; Classification; Calculation of Circuits; 
Kelvin’s Law of Economy in Circuits; Multiple Arc Distribution; Alternating 
Current Calculation; Overhead Lines; Pole Lines; Line Insulators; Under¬ 
ground Conductors. 

RAPHAEL, E. CHAS. The Localisation of Faults in Electric Light and 
Power Mains. With chapters on insulation testing. Third Revised 
Edition. 128 ill., 5J4 x 8^2, 210 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Insulation Testing of Low-Pressure Networks Dur¬ 
ing Working; Insulation Testing of High-Pressure Mains During Working; 
Loop Methods of Fault Localising; Fall of Potential Methods; Induction Meth¬ 
ods; General Notes as to the Application of Methods; Discontinuties and Short- 
Circuits; Tramway Feeders; Miscellaneous Methods and Particular Cases; 
Duplicate Feeders and Automatic Systems of Mains Protection; Proofs of 
Formulae; Legal Standard Wire Gauge; Standard Sizes of Conductors for 
Electric Supply Mains. 

RUSSELL, ALEXANDER. The Theory of Electric Cables and Networks. 

Ill., 6x8j^, 280 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Fundamental Principles; Conductivity; Insulativity; Distributing 
Networks; Insulation Resistance of House Wiring; Insulation Resistance of 
Networks; Faults in Networks; Dielectric Strength; The. Grading of Cables; 
The Heating of Cables; Electrical Safety Valves; Lightning Conductors. 

WEBB, H. L. A Practical Guide to the Testing of Insulated Wires and Cables. 

Sixth Edition. 38 ill., 5J 4 x 7 ^> 124 pp. $ 1.00 

CONTENTS: Principles of Testing; Galvanometers; Keys; Resistance Boxes; 
Bridges; Condensers; Testing Batteries and Accessories; Battery Connections; 
Testing of Galvanometer; Insulation; Tests for Capacity and Conductor Resist¬ 
ance; Connections of Permanent Set of Testing Instruments; General Remarks; 
Records of Tests, 


INDUCTION COILS, ELECTROMAGNETS, ETC. 


GRAY, J. Electrical Influence Machines ; their historical development and 
modern forms, with instructions for making them. Second Edition, 
Revised and Enlarged. 105 ill., 5 x 6 J 4 , 296 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: General Sketch of the Phenomena and Leading Principles of 
Static Electricity; Historical Development; Description of the Following Ma¬ 
chines: Varley and Toepler’s, Holtz, Wimshurst, Lord Kelvin’s, Pidgeon, and 
Compressed Air; Theory of Influence Machines; Practical Construction of In¬ 
fluence Machines. 

HALLER, G. E., and CUNNINGHAM, E. T. The Tesla High-Frequency Coil: 
Its Construction and Uses. 56 ilk, 5^x8, 121 pp. $ 1.25 

CONTENTS: General Survey. The Transformer. The Condenser. The Oscil¬ 
lation Transformer. The Interrupter. The Construction of the Boxes. Assem¬ 
bling. Theory of the Coil. Uses of the Coil. Dimensions of a Seven Inch 
Standard Coil. Appendix. 

No attempt has been made to give a mathematical explanation 'of the 
oscillation transformer, and other parts of the high-frequency apparatus, 
for the simple reason that the theory is too complex, and when obtained of 
no practical use. Neither have the authors tried to lead the amateurs, who 
are just learning to string bells and connect batteries, from the elements of 
the galvanic■ cell up to the working of a high-potential, alternating current, 
but have merely made an effort to place in the hands of advanced amateurs 
in electrical science a practical working manual on the construction of high- 
frequency coils, now so useful in scientific investigation. 

UNDERHILL, CHARLES R. Solenoids, Electromagnets and Electromagnetic 
Windings. Second Edition, Thoroughly Revised. 224 ill., 5x8, 363 
pp. " $3.00 

CONTENTS: Introductory. Magnetism and Permanent Magnets. Electric 
Circuit. Electromagnetic Calculations. The Solenoid. Practical Solenoids. 
Iron-clad Solenoid. Plunger Electromagnets. Electromagnets with Ex¬ 
ternal Armatures. Electromagnetic Phenomena. Alternating Currents. Al¬ 
ternating Current Electromagnets. Quick-acting Electromagnets, and Method 
of Reducing Sparking. Materials, Bobbins and Terminals. Insulation of 
Coils. Magnet Wire. Insulated Wires. Electromagnetic Windings. Forms 
of Windings and Special Types. Heating of Electromagnetic Windings. Tables 
and Charts. 

Mr. Underhill is favorably known for his experimental and practical work on 
this subject, from which he has deducted laws. These, when published in the 
technical journals, were very favorably received. In this new work these 
laws and their applications are clearly explained, and it should be welcomed 
by the electrical profession generally as well as by the manufacturers of 
electrical apparatus. 


X-RAYS AND RADIUM 

JONES, HARRY C. The Electrical Nature of Matter and Radioactivity. 

Third Edition , Revised. 5^x8^, 220 pp. $2.00 

(Author is professor of physical chemistry at Johns Hopkins University.) 
CONTENTS: The Electrical Conductivity of Gases; The Determination of the 
Mass of the Negative Ion in Gases; Nature of the Corpuscle; The Electrical 
Theory of Matter; The Nature of the Atom in Terms of the Electron Theory; 
The X-rays; The Discovery of Radium; Other Radioactive' Substances in 
Pitchblende; The Alpha Rays; The Beta and Gamma Rays; Other Properties 
of the Radiations; Production of Heat by Radium Salts; Emanation from 
Radioactive Substances; Helium Produced from the Emanation; Induced 
Radioactivity; Production of Radioactive Matter; Theoretical Considerations; 




ELECTRIC BATTERIES—ELECTROCHMEISTRY 


105 


SODDY, F. Radioactivity. An elementary treatise from the standpoint of 
the disintegration theory. 40 ill., 5^4 x 8 ^ 4 , 22 6 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Radiation Phenomena; Radioactive Elements; Uranium, Thorium, 
Radium, Polonium and Actinium; Electrical Properties of Gases; Measuring 
Radioactivity; Alpha, Beta and Gamma Rays; Uranium X and Thorium X; The 
Radioactive Emanation of Thorium; The Theory of Atomic Disintegration; 
Radioactive Properties of Radium; The Material Properties of the Radium 
Emanation and Its Transmutation into Helium; The Energy of Radioactive 
Change; Anticipations. 

ELECTRIC BATTERIES 

COOPER, W. R. Primary Batteries; Their Theory, Use and Construction. 

New and Enlarged Edition. 215 ill., 6x9, 450 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Historical; The Simple Voltaic Element; Local Action Polarisa¬ 
tion; Theory of the Voltaic Cell; Non-Chemical Cells and 1 Thermopiles; Testing 
Cells; One-Fluid Cells; Two-Fluid Cells; Dry Cells; Standard Cells; Selenium 
Cells; Carbon Consuming Cells and the Commercial Generation of Electrical 
Energy. 

ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND ELECTROMETALLURGY 

BONNEY, G. E. The Electro-platers' Handbook. A practical manual for 

amateurs and students in electro-metallurgy. Fifth Edition , Revised. 
61 ill., 5%x7y2, 237 pp. $1-50 

CONTENTS: Electro-Deposition of Metals; Electro-Deposition by Current from 
Batteries; Dynamo-Electric Plating Machines; Electro-Platers’ Materials; Elec¬ 
tro-Plating with Silver, Gold, Nickel, Copper Alloys, Zinc, Tin, Iron, etc.; Elec¬ 
trotyping; Appendix. 

GORE, G. The Art of Electrolytic Separation of Metals. (Theoretical and 
Practical.) 106 ill., 5^4 x 8 ^ 4 , 317 pp. $4.50 

CONTENTS: Chief Electrical Facts and Principles; Thermal Phenomena of 
the Electrolytic Separation of Metals; Chemical Facts and Principles; Chemico- 
elcctric or Voltaic Action; Electrochemical Action; Generation of Electric Cur¬ 
rent by Dynamo Electric Machines; Establishing and Working an Electrolytic 
Copper Refinery; Other Applications of Electrolysis in Separating and Refining 
Metals. 

BERING, CARL, and GETMAN, FREDK. H. Standard Table of Electro- 
Chemical Equivalents and Their Derivatives. With explanatory text 
on electro-chemical calculations, solutions of typical practical examples 
and introductory notes on electrochemistry. Ill., 4 J /s x $ 5 /%, flexible fabri- 
koid, 140 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Fundamental Laws; Fundamental Data and Description of the 
Tables. Table 1. Electrochemical Equivalents by Weight. Table 2. Grams per 
Ampere-hour in the Order of Magnitude. Table 3. Electrophysical Equivalents 
by Volume. Table 4. Valences of the Elements in Their Combinations ; Calcula¬ 
tions Involving Electrochemical Equivalents; Examples; Electrolysis; Theory of 
Electrolytic Dissociation; Faraday’s Law; Coulometers; The Electron Theory; 
Appendix. Valence; Elementary Principles of Chemical Reaction and Calcula¬ 
tions; Conversion Factors Used in Electrochemical Calculations; Glossary of 
Terms. 

This is the first and only book containing the standard data on electrochemical 
equivalents and describing how to apply them in practice. It contains the 
most complete table of electrochemical equivalents ever published, based on the 




io6 ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND ELECTROMETALLURGY 


latest and best internationally adopted standard constants, accompanied by 
detailed descriptions, with typical examples, of the methods of making the 
calculations for electrolytic baths, batteries, electrochemical reactions in gen¬ 
eral, etc. Also a brief outline of the principles and theories involved. It is 
written in an easily understood style and is intended to serve both as a refer¬ 
ence book and as a treatise on this kind of calculations, for the engineer, 
chemist, electrochemist, electroplater, teacher and student. It will prove to be 
val ble and time-saving to all who have to deal with such calculations either 
in practice or as teachers and students, as also those who are interested in 
the principles involved. 

KERSHAW, J. B. C. Electrometallurgy. 61 ill., 6 x 8 ^ 4 , 303 pp. (Van 

Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Aluminum; Bullion and Gold; Calcium Carbide and Acetylene 
Gas; Carborundum; Copper; Ferro-Alloys; Glass and Quartz Glass; Graphite; 
Iron and Steel; Lead; Miscellaneous Products; Nickel; Sodium; Tin; Zinc. 

RIDEAL. ERIC K. Industrial Electrometallurgy, Including Electrolytic and 
Electrothermal Processes. Ill., 5^4 x 8 ^ 4 , 259 pp. (Industrial Chem¬ 
istry Series.) $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Electrolysis in Aqueous Solutions; Electrolysis in 
Fused Electrolytes; The Electrolytic Preparation of the Rarer Metals; Electro¬ 
thermal Processes; Carborundum and Oxysilicides of Carbon; The Carbides; 
Electrothermal Nitrogen Fixation by Metals and Metallic Compounds; Iron and 
the Ferro-Alloys; Appendix. 

Among the many branches of applied chemistry electrochemistry has shown a 
great technical development, and in this book an endeavor has been made to 
indicate both the limits and possibilities of the application of electrolytic and 
electrothermal methods in this domain. 

URQTTHART, J. W. Electro-plating. A practical handbook on the depo¬ 
sition of copper, silver, nickel, gold, brass, aluminum, platinum, etc. 
Sixth Edition. Ill., 5Rj x y]/ 2 , 238 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: The Plating Room; Preparation of Articles; Chemicals and 

Materials; Batteries; Galvanometer; Dynamo-Electric Machines; Deposition of 
Copper, Silver, Gold, Nickel and Other Metals; Dynamo Machine Working; 
Improvements in Nickel Plating Processes. 

UROTHART, J. W. Electrotyping. A practical manual forming a new 
and systematic guide to the reproduction and multiplication of printing 
surfaces, etc. 5% x 73/2, cloth, 236 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Metals Used by Electrotypers; Sources of Electricity; Solutions; 
Depositing and Moulding Apparatus; Moulding Materials; Preparation of the 
Work; Depositing Process; Hard Facings for Electrotypes; Final Preparation 
of the Work.- 

WATT, A. Electro-plating and Electro refining of Metals. Being a new 
edition of Alexander Watts’ “Electro-Deposition.” Revised and largely 
rewritten by Arnold Philip. Second Edition, Revised . 160 ill., x 8, 
704 PP- $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Batteries; Thermopiles; Cost of Electrical Installations for Small 
Output for Electroplating; Electro-Deposition of Copper; Deposition of Gold 
by Simple Immersion; Electro -Deposition of Gold and Silver; Various Gilding 
Operations; Imitation Antique Silver; Electro-Deposition of Nickel, Tin, Iron, 
Zinc and Other Metals and Alloys; Recovery of Gold and Silver Waste from 
Waste Solutions; Mechanical Operations Involved in Electro-Deposition; Mate¬ 
rials Used; Electro-Plating. 


'ELECTRICITY IN. MINING: 


jo7 


WATT, A. Electro-metallurgy Practically Treated. Fifteenth Edition, Con¬ 
siderably Enlarged. Ill., 5x7^, 235 pp. $ 1.00 

CONTENTS: Electro-Deposition of Copper, Silver, Gold, Brass, Bronze, Zinc, 
and Iron; Electro-Metallurgical Cabinet. 

ELECTRICITY IN MINING 

DUNCAN, W. G., and PENMAN, D. The Electrical Equipment of Collieries. 

157 ill., 6y 2 xg, 329 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: General Principles, Magnetism, Units, Cells; Dynamos and Motors; 
Transmission and Distribution of Power; Prime Movers; Lighting by Elec¬ 
tricity; Initial Outlay and Working Cost of Electrical Installations; Electricity 
Applied to Coal-Cutting; Electric Haulage, Winding and Locomotives; Electric- 
Power Drills and Underground Coal Conveyors; Typical Colliery Electrical In¬ 
stallations; Miscellaneous Applications of Electric Current; Comparison of the 
Different Modes of Transmitting Power; Dangers Occurring from the Use of 
Electricity in Collieries. 

FREUDMACHER, P. W. Electrical Mining Installations. 36 ill., 4^4 x 6 ^ 4 , 
102 pp. (Electrical Installation Manual Series.) $ 1.00 

CONTENTS: General Principles; Generating Plant; Generating Station Switch 
gear; Transmission; Underground Cables and Fittings; Electric Haulage and Pump 
ing; Electric Coal Cutting, Drilling, Ventilating, Winding, and Winding Systems 
Special Rules for the Installation and Use of Electricity; Definitions. 

HEATHER, H. J. Electrical Engineering for Mechanical and Mining 
Engineers. 183 ill., 554 x 8 ^ 4 , 344 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: The Electric Circuit. Continuous Currents. Resistance. Alternat¬ 
ing Currents. Electrical Measurements. Continuous Current Dynamos. Contin¬ 
uous Current Motors and Parallel Running of Dynamos. Alternating Current 
Generators. Synchronous Motors and Parallel Running of Alternators. Trans¬ 
formers. Polyphase Systems and Transformations. Induction Motors. Effects 
of Running under Abnormal Conditions. & 

HUTCHINSON, R. W., Jr., and THOMAS, W. A. Electricity in Mining. 

Being a theoretical and practical treatise on the construction, operation, 
and maintenance of electrical mining machinery. Ill. In Press. 

MAURICE, WILLIAM. Electric Blasting Apparatus and Explosives. With 
special reference to colliery practice. 88 ill., sH x 8 j 4 , 167 pp. $ 3.50 
CONTENTS; Electric Fuses and Detonations Exploders; Wires and Cables; 
Testing; Explosives and Explosive Risks; Practical Applications; Laws and 
Regulations Relating to the Storage and Use of Explosives; Home Office Mem¬ 
orandum on the Permitted List Test. 

PATCHELL, W. H. Application of Electric Power to Mines and Heavy 
Industries. 91 ill., 6^2x954, 344 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Electricity in Mines. Cables. Coal Cutters. Conveyors. Under¬ 
ground Lighting. Signalling. Hauling. Rating of Haulage. Haulage Calculations. 
Controller Resistances. Locomotives. Winding Engines. Types of Winders. 
Ventilation. Pumping. Ram Pumps and High Lift Centrifugals. Rolling Mills. 
Machine Tools. Welding of Metals. Electric and Induction Furnaces. 

PATERSON, G. W. L. Electric Mine Signalling Installations. A practical 
treatise on the fitting-up and maintenance of electrical signalling appa¬ 
ratus in mines. 139 ill., S J A x 7 3 A> 20 3 PP- 50 

CONTENTS: Ringing Keys and Tappers; Electric Mining Bells; Signal Alarms 
and Relays; Electric Mining Indicators or Annunciators ; Electric Generators for 
Mine Signal Installations; Primary Batteries for Signal Installations; Electric 



io8 


ELECTRICITY ON SHIPBOARD 


Mining Shaft Signals; Electric Shaft Signal Wiring; Electric Engine Plane Sig¬ 
nals; Electric Engine Plane Signal Wiring; Appendix. 

Aims to illustrate and describe such apparatus which, as a result of experience, 
has been found to give the best results in practical mining work, and further 
to indicate, by the aid of plans and diagrams, the most approved methods of 
installing the apparatus and maintaining it in working order. 

WALKER, S. F. Electricity in Mining’. 168 ill., 51 plates, 6 x 8 j 4 . $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: Definitions; Units; Electric Mining Signals and Telephones; 

Electric Lighting for Mines; Generation of Electricity; Distribution of Power 
by Electricity; Application of Electricity to Driving Machines, etc., in Mines; 
Faults in Electrical Apparatus. 

ELECTRICITY ON SHIPBOARD 

HOBART, H. M. Electric Propulsion of Ships. 44 ill., 6x9, 167 pp. 

Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Size and Power of Ships. Energy required per Ten 
Mile in Propelling Ships at Constant Speed. Frictional Resistance of Ships. Momon- 
tum of Ships. Speed and Efficiency of Propellers. Mechanical Speed-reduction 
Gearing for Steam Turbines. Electrical Speed-reduction Gearing for Steam Tur¬ 
bines. Use of Superheated Steam in Marine Engines. Electrical Gear as a Means 
of Improving the Load Factor. Internal Combustion Engines for Ship Propulsion. 
Some Systems of Propelling Ships Electrically. The Alter-phase System for Ship 
Propulsion. The Durtnall System of Propelling Ships. The Emmet System of 
Ship Propulsion. 

A study of the various elements that enter into this new subject. The author 
points out wherein the electric motor may prove the most efficient propelling 
medium for large ships. Attention is drawn to the difficulties that might be 
encountered by the space limitations on shipboard and means of overcoming 
them suggested. 

JOHNSON, T. M. Ship Wiring and Fitting. 47 ill., 4 %x 6 y 2 , 92 pp. 
(Electrical Installation Manuals Series.) Reprinting 

CONTENTS: General Electric Lighting. Generating Sets. Dynamo Mains 
Switchboards. Circuits. Cables and Wiring. Fuseboards. Fittings and Incan¬ 
descent Lamps. Plugs and Sockets. Switches. Lamps. Electric Bells. Telephones. 
Electric Fans. Special Apparatus. 

VARIOUS APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRICITY 

BROUGHTON, H. H. Electric Cranes, Their Design, Construction and 
Application. New Edition in Press 

CONTENTS: Introductory. Electric Equipment. Structural Steelwork. The 
Power Required to Drive Cranes. Mechanical Equipment. Crane Arrangements. 
Arrangement of Crane Mechanisms. Overhead Traveling Cranes and Gantry Cranes. 
Jib Cranes. Building Ship Equipments. Fitting-out Basin Cranes. Steelworks 
Cranes. Specifications. Properties of Sections, and Conductors. 

GROTH. I. A. Welding and Cutting Metals by Aid of Gases or Electricity. 

124 ill., 6x9, 280 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Gases and Sources for their Generation. Welding. Elowpipes. 

. Welding of Sheet Iron. Welding Applied to Steam Boilers. Cutting Metals. 
Reports. Accidents. Legislation Relating to Calcium Carbide and Acetvlene* 
Useful Tables. 

Welding by the various methods now practiced is associated with and depend¬ 
ent upon many different factors, all of which must be considered simulta¬ 
neously to enable even the most skillful workman to produce satisfactory 
results. This general description, therefore, of the various and distinct 




VARIOUS APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRICITY 


109 


methods, their suitability and selection for different operations, together 
with a collection of results and tests obtained, with the many illustrations 
given, should assist in the advance in technical knowledge and lead to the 
gradual accumulation of practical experience so necessary in every new indus¬ 
try. 

LEMSTRoM, S. Electricity in Agriculture and Horticulture. Ill., 6x9, 
72 pp. $ 1.50 

It is well known that the question which is the subject of this book has been 
a favorite field of investigation for a century past. As the subject is con¬ 
nected with no less than three sciences—viz., physics, botany, and agricultural 
physics—it is in itself not particularly attractive. The causes which induced 
me to begin the investigation of this matter were manifold, and I venture to 
hope that an exposition of them will not be without general interest. 
(Extract from Author’s Introductory Remarks.) 

VOSMAER, A. Ozone, Its Manufacture, Properties and Uses. 75 ill., 6x9, 
210 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Nature of Ozone. Early History; Constitution; Nature; Occur¬ 
rence; Properties; Tests. Manufacture of Ozone. Non-electrical Methods; 
Electrical Methods. Electrolysis. Electrical Discharges. In General: The Brush 
Discharge in Detail; Influence of Medium; Influence of Electrodes; Influence 
of Current; Influence of Circuit; Influence of Radiations, Magnetic, and Electric 
Fields; Influence of Dielectric; Theory; Ozonators; Non-dielectric System; Di¬ 
electric System; Efficiency. Uses of Ozone. Purification of Drinking Water; 
Purification of Air; Therapeutic Uses; Uses in the Industries; List of American 
Patents Bearing on Ozone; Bibliography. 

Investigations and experiences with ozone covering a period of oyer fifteen 
years have led the author of this work to form opinions on the subject which 
often differ widely from those commonly accepted. In this work the results 
of these investigations and the conclusions formed by the author are clearly 
set forth. The aim has been to produce a book thoroughly scientific and 
accurate as distinguished from the mass of literature pertaining to ozone 
that is purely commercial and intended for advertising uses. This subject, 
which involves so many of the sciences, is still practically in its infancy, and 
its possibilities may yet prove limitless. 


no 


ENGINEERING LAW—VALUATION 


BALL, W. V. The Law Affecting Engineers. Being a concise statement 
of the powers and duties of an engineer as between employer and con¬ 
tractor; as arbitrator and as expert witness. 5^x9, 305 pp. $3.50 

CONTENTS:' Status of an Engineer; Fees; Employment of an Engineer in a 
Salaried Post; Engineer as a Witness; Engineer and the Law of Negligence; 
Engineering Contracts; Old Materials on the Site; Tenders; Bills of Quantities; 
Specifications; Plans, Drawings and Designs; Extras and Alterations; Time; Cer¬ 
tificates and Payment; Penalties and Bonuses; Maintenance and Defect Clauses; 
Subcontractors and Subcontracting; The Engineer’s Assistant; Contracts Relating 
to the Supply of Electricity and Machinery; Arbitrations and Awards. 

Represents largely English practice, but the same laws would apply in substance 
in this country. Reference is frequently made to American decisions. 


FOSTER. HORATIO A. Engineering Valuation of Public Utilities and 
Factories. 50 specimen forms. 6x9, 361 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Value: Commercial, Economics, Physical; Intangible; Worth Pres¬ 
ent, Original Cost; Reproduction Value, New; Overhead Charges; Organization 
Expense; Legal Expense; Engineering; Interest; Taxes and Insurance; Brokerage 
and Discount; Scrap or Salvage Value; Wearing or Service Value; Remaining 
Sery ic e Vaiue; Development Expense; Franchise Value; Going Concern; Good 
Will; Reports of Valuation; Values of Public Utilities Property; Direction for 
the Valuation of Tangible Property; Permanence of Valuation; Instructions for 
Valuation; Forms for Use in Evaluating Property; Forms for Tabulating Final 
r Result; Valuation of: Real Estate, Buildings, Railroads, Street Railways Water 
and Undeveloped Power Privilege, Damages to a Water Power Hydro-Electric 
Plant; Water-Works Property, Telephone Property, Electric Light- Propertv Gas 
Property, Manufacturing Property, Valuation Forms; Cost of Valuing a Property 
Value of Good Will, Going Concern and Going Value; Depreciation in Factories : 
Railways; Definitions of Term or Classes of Depreciation; Obsolescence • Inade¬ 
quacy and Supercession; Wear and Tear; Deferred Maintenance, Elements of • 
Rules on Depreciation in Great Britain; Metcalfe’s Classification of Depreciation • 
Methods of Calculating; Rates of Depreciation; Renewals; Rules Laid Down by 
Chicago; Amotization: Definition; Of Capital; Of Patents; Depreciation Funds- 

ds1onl ing A°nU5 e r rVeS; T, In Wisconsin; In Nebraska; Abstracts from Court De^ 
AbTr ct^ P T :rn ^nchise: Definition; Term Franchises; Indeterminate; 
Cofrt nlkil r Decisions; Tax; Capitalization: Discussion, Abstracts from 
CommiSfon. ^ a S° n M° -°- ^ Ut £ C Ut,ktie . s Properties, Lists of Public Service 
Ga^Comoariv Htv ¥" ni<apa . 1 1 i Court Decisions : Wilcox, ct at. vs. Consolidated 
Wnrfcc P it ' C ty ^? f Knoxville vs. Knoxville Water Company; National Water 
Works vs. Kansas City; Kennebec Water District vs. City of Waterville Mont- 

paT/^^SanFord • BH( \ e ’ San Diego Lnd and Farm cSm- 

rvJLl Sa £ ford e * Monongaheila Navigation Company vs. United States- 
^ anSaS Pi y St T k X ards Company ct al,; Smyth w . Ames 
s all phases of the valuation of public service properties from the legal 
economic and engineering points of view. The author’s connection with mfnv 

firsf handed t 3S enaWed him to , obtain much of this valuable information at 
the* eleUiLf. d f a . rra ". ge a complete and authoritative treatise bearing on all 
the elements of valuation that should he useful to engineers attorneys ac 
countants, public officials and managers of public service corpirations 

HAYES. HAMMOND V. Public Utilities, Their Fair Present Value and 
Return. 5 3/ 4 x8y 2 , 220 pp. $300 

Basisfor^Fair SargesTof A p^tainment of Fair Present Value. 

Service for a Previously Unregulated V* ^ om P aI ff : ®asis for fair Charges for 
y Unregulated Company; Non-Competitative Successful 



ENGINEERING LAW—VALUATION 


hi 


Undertakings Non-Competitative Unsuccessful Undertakings; Fair Value of 
Property of Competitative Undertakings. Fair Rate of Return. Replacement 
Cost. Cost of Promotion^; Physical Property; Going Value. Actual Original 
Cost. Going Value. Depreciation. 

This book is intended to supplement the author’s previous work, “Public Util- 
ties, Their Cost and Depreciation” (see below), by entering into a discussion 
of the line of reasoning which must be followed by those whose duty it is 
to ascertain the fair present value of a property after an appraisal has been 
made and all the necessary information relative to it has been obtained. Like¬ 
wise the subjects of going value and depreciation have been treated at some 
length with the hope of removing some of the existing misunderstandings 
concerning them. The present work advocates the use of a method of valua¬ 
tion somewhat different from those that have been pursued in the past in that 
the use of overhead charges has been reduced to a minimum. It is believed 
that this method of caring for the costs usually claimed as overhead charges 
will tend to greater accuracy and will eliminate much future controversy. 

HAYES, HAMMOND V. Public Utilities, Their Cost New and Depreciation. 

Second Edition. $$4 x 8 j^, 275 PP- $2.00 

CONTENTS: Property Valuations—General Considerations. Replacement Costs 
of Physical Property. Determination of Replacement Cost. Value as Going Con¬ 
cern. Values of Good Will and Franchises. Original Cost. Commercial Value. 
The Worth of Service to the Consumer. Reserves for Depreciation. Life of Plant. 
Depreciation. Fair Present Value—Rates. Fair Present Value—Condemnation 
Sale. General Consideration Relative to the Regulation of Public Utility Under¬ 
takings. 

-The increasing supervision by state authorities in the United States of the 
operation of public service undertakings has necessitated valuations of the 
properties employed by many classes of utilities. Much of the work done in 
making these valuations was carried out under the direction of engineers of 
wide experience, who have formulated methods designed to furnish data upon 
which the true present value of the property under investigation could be de¬ 
termined with as near an approach to accuracy as is possible. 

On the other hand a careful study of the details of the methods used by the 
various engineers and by the commissions, engaged upon this work, shows a 
considerable variation both in theories and principles that have been followed. 

It is of interest and of great importance that all such variations should be 
noted and the fundamental principles, involved in any complete valuation, be 
defined so clearly that two competent and experienced engineers presenting 
sB.gures as to the value of the same property, independently, would obtain sub¬ 
stantially the same results. 

-An attempt has been made to record in this work the principles, as far as they 
Mve been established, which must form the basis of a valuation of the property 
of a public utility undertaking. References have been given to decisions, which 
have been rendered in many important cases, bearing upon this subject. 

HUMPHREYS. A. C. Lectures Notes on Some of the Business Features of 

Engineering Practice. With lectures and papers by other authors. 
Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 6^4x934> 5^5 PP- $2.50 

'These notes were written and gathered by Dr. Humphreys, president of 
! Stevens Institute of Technology, in order to put into printed, form for text¬ 
book use with the senior class In engineering, and aims to point out what an 
engineer need know and understand of modern business methods and prac¬ 
tice as applied to the business of engineering. 


112 


CIVIL ENGINEERING 

FRYE, ALBERT I. Civil Engineers’ Pocketbook. A reference book for 

engineers, contractors and students, containing rules, data, methods, 
formulas and tables. 1200 ill., 620 tables, 4^ x 7, leather, 1658 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Elementary Arithmetic. Powers, Roots, Reciprocals. Practical 

Arithmetic. Measures, Weights, Money. Algebra. Logarithms of Numbers. 
Plane Geometry. Solid Geometry. Plane Trigonometry. Spherical Trigonom¬ 
etry. Mensuration. Analytical Geometry. Descriptive Geometry. The Cal¬ 
culus. Mechanics. Theory of Stresses in Structures. Natural History of 
Materials. Explosives. Preservatives. Lumber, Lumbering. Metallurgy. 
Building Stones and Cements. Quarrying. Stone Cutting. Masonry. Stere- 
otomy. Weights and Specific Gravity of Materials. Resistance of Materials. 
Properties and Tables of Plane Surfaces. Properties and Tables of Steel Shapes. 
Beams and Girders. Columns. Structural Details. Metal Gauges. Cordage, 
Wire and Cables. Pipes and Tubes. Bridges. Railroad Bridges. Electric 
Railway Bridges. Highway Bridges. Cantilever Bridges. Movable Bridges. 
Suspension Bridges. Arches. Trestles. Roofs. Buildings. Retaining Walls. 
Dams. Foundations. Wharves, Piers and Docks. Breakwaters. Jetties. 
Earthwork. Rock Excavation. Dredging. Tunneling. Surveying, Leveling. 
Railroads. Highways Hydrostatics. Hydraulics. Water Supply. Water 
Works. Sanitation. Irrigation. Waterways. Water Power. Steam and Gas 
Power. Electric Power and Lighting. 

A comprehensive treatment of Civil Engineering, in seventy sections, in which 
each main subject receives economic consideration and analysis, and is reinforced 
with excerpts from, and references to, the most important cost and other data in 
our leading technical publications—including hundreds of illustrations, all drawn 
and specially made for this book, of up-to-date engineering structures and details. 

“ How to design engineering structures economically ” has received careful study 
in the preparation of this work. The fundamental principles laid down can be 
followed readily by every young engineer, and carried to practical completion in the 
finished structure. Most of the tables are new and have been prepared regardless 
of time and expense. Many of them have been arranged in a novel manner, 
which will appeal especially to engineers; and all have been carefully checked and 
rechecked, to eliminate the possibility of errors. Graphical methods have been 
illustrated freely throughout the work, and in connection with analytical solu¬ 
tions. Methods and cost of work have received’special attention. A voluminous 
and authentic glossary of engineering terms is added at the end of the book. 

MAXWELL, W. H., and BROWN, J. T. (Editors.) The Encyclopedia of 
Municipal and Sanitary Engineering. A handy working guide in all 
matters connected with municipal and sanitary engineering and admin¬ 
istration. 111., 8 x 10, 570 pp. ' $10.00 

It has become well-nigh impossible for those interested in local adminis¬ 
tration to keep themselves informed, even in general outline, on the many 
and varied subjects to which attention is now demanded by the State. The 
requisite information can only be gained by the expenditure of time, labor, 
and money m searching through a mass of literature mainly in the form of 
papers and reports. For the first time such information is presented con¬ 
cisely and in a form convenient for immediate reference. In order to facili¬ 
tate this, the longer articles are divided into sections, the order of which, 
as well as their pith and scope, is shown by a brief index at the head of the 
article A careful system of cross-referencing has been followed in order 
that the reader may rapidly acquire information in the cognate aspects of 
a subject. 

The work has been prepared by many well-known experts, whose exper¬ 
ience in the matters with which thev deal is well known; but the information 
has been gathered from all parts of the world. 

RAN-KINE, W. J. M. Manual of Civil Engineering. Twenty-fourth Edition . 
Revised by W. J. Millar, C.E. 300 ill., 534 x 8, 822 pp. $ 7.50 

CONTENTS: Field Work. Surveying with the Chain; Surveying by Angular 


SURVEYING—TABLE BOOKS 


113 

Measurements; Levelling; Setting-Out; Marine Surveying; Copying, Enlarging 
and Reducing Plans. Materials and Structures. Principles of Stability and 
Strength; Earthwork; Masonry; Carpentry; Metallic Structures; Underground 
and Submerged Structures. Combined Structures. Lines of Land-Carriage; 
Works of Inland Navigation; Tidal and Coast Works. 

SURVEYING (Field and Table Books)' 


BOILEAU, J. T. A New and Complete Set of Traverse Tables. Showing 
the difference of latitude and departure of every minute of the quad¬ 
rant and to five places of decimals. Fourteenth Edition. x 

96 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Tables of: Difference of Latitude and Departure of Every Minute 
of the Quadrant to Five Decimal Places; Length of a Degree, Minute and Second 
of Latitude and Longitude for Every Degree of the Quadrant; Conversion Tables 
Showing: Yards and Feet into Chains, Links and Decimals of Links; Chains and 
Links into Yards and Decimals of Yards; Chains and Links into Feet and Deci¬ 
mals of Feet, and Other Useful Tables for Surveyors. 

BURT, W. A. A Key to the Solar Compass, and Surveyor’s Companion. 

Comprising all the rules necessary for use in the field. Eighth Edition. 
Ill., 4x7, leather, 118 pp. $2.50 

A complete description of the author’s invention, the solar compass, together 
with full rules for its use in the field by surveying parties, and contains also 
descriptions of the linear surveys, and the public land system of the United 
States, notes on the barometer, suggestions for an outfit for a four months’ 
survey. A carefully compiled set of traverse tables and tables of natural 
sines and tangents, as well as a table of chords have also been added. 

CAREY, ALFRED E., and OLIVER, F. W. Tidal Lands. A study of shore 
problems. Ill., 5^2 x8^, 298 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Tidal and Current Data; The Tidal Compartment of a River; The 
Foreshore; The Function of Vegetation; Sand Dunes; The Fixation and Plant 
Protection of Sand Dunes; Shingle Beaches and Their Fixation; Tidal Land 
Reclamation (Works) ; Erosion and Accretion (Works) ; Plant Winning of Tidal 
Lands—Salt Marshes; Miscellanea (Cliffs, Rivers, Channels) ; Blakeney Point. 
Norfolk, from an Engineering Point of View; The State and Local Control; 
Complementary Problems; Appendices; List of Dune Plants; Types of Shingle 
Beach (English); Plants of the Shingle Beach; Plants of the Salt Marsh; Salt 
Marsh Development; On the Distribution of Suaeda Fruticosa on the Blakeney 
Beach; List of Authorities in England and Wales Having Powers and Duties in 
Relation to Defense Against the Sea. 

CLEVENGER, S. R. A Treatise on the Method of Government Surveying 

as prescribed by the U. S. Congress and Commissioner of the General 
Land Office, with complete mathematical, astronomical, and practical 
instructions for the use of the United States Surveyors in the field. 
33 ill., 454 x 6^4, 200 pp. $2.5© 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Initial Point; Principal Base; Standard Parallel; 
Meridians; Township Lines; Division Meandering; Triangulations; Astronomy 
Used in Surveying; Convergency and Divergency; Compasses; Chaining; Flag¬ 
ging; Blazing; Corners; Bearings; Field Notes; Various Tables. 

DORR, B. F. The Surveyor’s Guide and Table Book. Seventh Edition. 
With a second appendix. 22 ill., 4^2x63/2, 150 pp. $2.00 

In this book is given all of the information, especially from the legal stand¬ 
point that a surveyor should have at his immediate command for reference, 
including a traverse table and tables of the natural sine§ and tangents. 



SURVEYING—FIELD AND TABLE BOOKS 


114 


FAIRCHILD, JOHN F. Graphical Compass Conversion Chart and Tables. 

Chart in two colors, 3 tables and descriptive matter. $ 0.50 

This graphical chart, with the tables accompanying it, is intended primarily to 
afford a ready method of comparison between the American (English) and 
French method of denoting circle and magnetic compass angles and also of 
comparison with the mills system used in military practice, accompanied by a 
clock face for assistance in visualizing angles. 


GRUNSKY, C. E. Topographic Stadia Surveying. A manual with reduction 

tables and a new type of reduction diagram. 18 ill., 4 y 2 flexible 

fabrikoid, 105 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction and Definitions; The Stadia Formula; Diagrams for 
the Reduction of Stadia Measurements; The Slide-rule as an Aid in Reducing 
Stadia Notes; Methods of Stadia Surveying; Practical Suggestions; The Platting of 
Stadia Notes; How to Use the Stadia Diagrams; Stadia Diagram in Pocket. 

The notes on stadia surveying, presented in this manual, were assembled for 
the benefit of the surveyor who has occasion to use the telemeter. The method 
of surveying described and the special type of diagram for the reduction of 
stadia notes have been found so satisfactory by the author, and by others who 
have tried them out, that he considers it a duty to give the profession the 
benefit of his experience, and believes that they will be generally accepted as 
a valuable addition to the literature of the subject. ' 


GURDEN, R. L. Traverse Tables. Computed to four-place decimals for 
every single minute of angle up to 100 of distance. For the use of 
surveyors and engineers. Fifth Edition. Folio, 9^2 x 14, 270 pp. $ 7.50 

distinctive features of this book, and the method of the employment of 
the Tables, may be briefly summarized as follows: I. The Tables are calcu¬ 
lated to Single Minutes and to 100 of distance. II. The Traverses are given to 
four places of Decimals. III. The angles o to 45 0 are given at top of page, 
and 45 to 90 at the foot. IV. The whole numbers are given in the two 
center columns only. 


McCULLOUGH, ERNEST. Practical Surveying. For surveyors’ assistants, 

vocational and high schools. Second Edition , Corrected. 229 ill 1 
colored map, 5^ x 7^, 410 pp. ~ $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Chain Surveying; Levelling; Compass Surveying; 
trigonometry; Transit Surveying; Surveying Law' and Practice; Engineering 
Surveying; The Essentials of Algebra. 

Written for students whose mathematical training stopped with arithmetic. 

It is intended primarily for home study and should be of service to surveyors 
who wish to break in” assistants. No algebra or geometry required as a 
preliminary. The book is essentially a treatise on practical mathematics 
applied to land and engineering surveying. It is excellent for review purposes 
and for reference Complete in every respect. Not an elementary treatise, 
although it does begin with the elements of the subject. The author has 
been a teacher in evening classes attended by young men in the employ of 
rV !?2: 1 S ’1 ^° ntraCt0rs and en .?ineers. He writes clearly and understands 
lpn„;r lfl 5 Ct i tieS eilcol ? lllered by students lacking the mathematical training 
requned for an understanding of the modern college texts on surveying 
lie has been in active practice as an engineer since the year 1887, and the book 
is therefore very practical throughout, yet rigid in treatment. 


MULF 0 RD, A. C. Boundaries and Landmarks. Ill., sH * 8 J 4 , 98 pp. $ 1.00 

a pd Training of the Surveyor; Description of Property; Simple 
Deeds without Dimensions; Relative Legal Value of Evidences of Boundary. Land - 
rw£ >l ak ^ S an< ? Atones; Marked Timber; Ditches and Balks; Fences and Walls; 
IJeeds with Complete Descriptions; Sources of Error in Descriptions; Relations of 
the Surveyor and the Lawyer; House Lots; Highway Records; Re-Running Old 


SURVEYING—.FIELD AND TABLE BOOKS 


ii5 


Highway Records; Laying Out New Roads; Responsibilities of the Surveyor. i 
Explains and endeavors to familiarize the surveyor with the types of old boun¬ 
daries and landmarks commonly found in Eastern United States. This work 
shows how to meet the conditions that might arise in country surveying, such as the 
relocation of old boundaries, the significance attached to natural landmarks, 
their .position, and what relation they bear to the land surveyed. The meaning 
meant to be conveyed by certain kinds of old landmarks is carefully explained 
and the question of old deeds and how they are to be construed is taken up. 
Methods of actual measurement and surveying instruments are not discussed 
in this book, which devotes itself entirely to the question of locating boundaries. 

ORMSBY, M. T. M. Elementary Principles of Surveying. A textbook for 
the use of students, engineers, etc. 138 ill., 4 folding plates. 4 24 x 7 ^ 4 , 
241 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Chain Surveying; Traverse Surveying; Levelling and Contouring; 
Triangulation Surveys; Tacheometric Surveying; Curve Ranging; Answers to 
Exercises. 

STILES, A. Tables for Field Engineers. Designed for use in the field. 
Ill., 4% x 6 j 4 , 156 pp. $ 1.00 

CONTENTS: Explanation of Tables; Table of Radii and Their Logarithms, 
Tangential Offsets and Middle Ordinates; Table of Chords, Versed Sines, Ex¬ 
ternal Secants and Tangents to a One Degree Curve; Table of Natural Sines 
and Tangents to Every Degree and Minute of the Quadrant. 

TRAVERSE TABLE. Third Edition. 2,H x 6, boards, 196 pp. (Van Nos¬ 
trand Science Series, No. 11 5 -) $ 0.75 

CONTENTS: Traverse Table Showing the Difference of Latitude and Departure 
for Distances Between 1 and 100 and for Angles to Quarter Degrees Between 
i° and 90°; Table of Natural Sines and Tangents for Each Five Minutes of the 
Quadrant. 

VAN NOSTRAND’S Table Book for Civil and Mechanical Engineers. Com¬ 
piled by Geo. W. Plympton. 3^x6, boards, 195 pp. t (Van Nos¬ 
trand Science Series, No. 104.), $ 0.75 

full leather, $1.00 

A series of useful tables that the engineer might be called upon to consult in 
his daily practice, such as conversion tables, squares, cubes and roots, natural 
sines and tangents, areas of circles, weights of metals in various forms, 
strength columns, velocity of rivers and force of the wind, copper wire tables, 
soldering, brazing, rainfall tables, etc. 

WHARTON, W. J. L. Hydrographical Surveying. A description of tHe 
means and methods employed in constructing marine charts. Third 
Edition , revised and brought up-to-date by Admiral Sir Mostyn Field. 
Ill., 6x9, cloth. In Press 

WILLIAMSON, JAMES. Surveying and Field Work. A practical textbook. 
271 ill., 2 plates, x 360 PP- $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Surveying; Fundamental Principles. Chain Surveying. Instru¬ 
ments, Field Operations, Running a Survey Line, Arrangement of Survey Lines, 
Errors, Special Problems; Plotting the Plan; Compass and Sextant Surveying; 
The Theodolite; Transverse Surveying with the Theodolite; Plotting Traverse 
Survey, by Angle and Distance, by Co-ordinate or Latitude and Departure Meth¬ 
od; Triangulation; Problems; Levelling; Errors in Levelling; Sections, Contours, 
etc.; Setting Out Curves; Calculation of Areas; Calculation of Earth Work Quan¬ 
tities; Adjustment of Instruments; Geometric and Trigonometric Formulae. 


ii 6 


!RAILWAY ENGINEERING 


WILLIAMSON, R. S. Practical Tables in Meteorology and Hypsometry. 

Being an appendix to the paper on the Use of the Barometer on Sur¬ 
veys and Reconnaissances. Submitted to the Chief of Engineers, U. S. 
A. 9/4 x 12, 155 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Table A, Giving the Correction to be Applied to English Barom¬ 
eters; Table B, For Reducing Observations to Level; Table C, Psychrometrical 
Tables; Table D, For Computing Differences of Altitude from Observations with 
the Barometer. 

WRIGHT, T. W., and HAYFORD, J. E. Adjustment of Observations. By 

the method of least squares, with applications to geodetic work. Second 
Edition , Rewritten. Ill., cloth, 6x9, 307 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Law of Error; Adjustment of Direct Observations of One Un¬ 
known; Indirect Observations; Condition Observations; Application to Adjust¬ 
ment of Triangulation; Method of Angles; Of Deductions; Application to Base 
Line Measurement and to Leveling; Application to Selection of Methods of 
Observation. 


RAILWAY ENGINEERING 

BALL, J. D. W. Reinforced Concrete Railway Structures. 124 ill., 6 x 8 ^ 4 , 
228 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Preliminary Considerations; Bending Stresses; Shear Stress; 
Floors and Buildings; Foundations and Rafts; Retaining Walls; Bridges; 
Arches Bridges; Sleepers, Fence Posts, etc.; Summary of Notation Employed. 
Aims to describe the generally accepted principles and processes upon 
which the design and construction of reinforced concrete strutures de¬ 
pend, and more especially those structures that come within the railway 
engineer’s practice. Complicated formulas and calculations have, as far 
as possible, been avoided and the attention concentrated upon arriving at 
results as simply as possible and presenting them conveniently. 

CARY, E. R. Solution of Railroad Problems by the Slide Rule. 43 ill., 
4 x6,146 pp. $1.00 

(Author is professor of Railroad Engineering and Geodesy in Rensselaer Polytechnic 
Institute, Troy, N. Y.) 

CONTENTS: The Slide Rule. Simple Curves. Compound Curves. Vertica 
Curves. Turnouts. The Easement Curve. Earthwork. Problems. Diagrams 
Tables. 

The ease and rapidity of solving problems in railroad curves by the use of the 
slide rule led the author to develop this set of problems. The object of this 
book is to present similar problems for the convenience of students who have 
studied Railroad Curves and the Theory of the Slide Rule. A discussion of 
the slide rule, the development of the equations used and a discussion of the 
easement curve have been added to make the book of more general interest. 

DERR, W. L. Block Signal Operation. A practical manual. Pocket size. 
Second Edition. Ill., 7x4^, oblong, 270 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Introductory; General Principles; Block Signals; Signal Lamps; 
Block Tower; Signal Bells; Block Record; Train Orders at Block Stations; 
Blocking at Junctions and Crossings; Manual Blocking; Controlled Manual 
Blocking; Automatic Blocking; Machine Blocking. 

DILW 0 RTH, EDWARD C. Steel Railway Bridges, Designs and Weights. 

55 ill., 105 full-page plates, 12 y 2 xg]/ 2 , 191 pp. $6.00 

(Author is designing and contracting engineer with the Pittsburgh-Des Moines 
Steel Co., and was formerly designing engineer with the American Bridge Co.) 
CONTENTS: Designing; Centrifugal Force; Draw Spans; Turntables; Detail- 



RAILWAY ENGINEERING 


ii 7 


ing; Camber-Plate Girders; Notes on Weight Curves; Specifications for Ry. 
Bridges Am. Ry. Eng. Asso.; Facilitating Design; Deck Plate Girders—Weight 
Curves; Single-Track Through Plate Girders—Weight Curves; Double Track 
Through Plate Girders—Weight Curves; Alternate and Misc. Details for Plate 
Girder Spans; Single-Track Deck Riveted Spans—Timber Floor—Weight Curves; 
Single-Track Poney Riveted Spans—Weight Curves; Double-Track Poney Riv¬ 
eted Spans—'Weight Curves; Single-Track Through Riveted Spans—Weight 
Curves; Double-Track Through Riveted Spans—Weight Curves; Typical Detail 
of Rocker Nest; Double-Track Deck Riveted Spans—Weight Curves; Alternate 
and Misc. Details for Deck Spans; Single-Track Through Pin Spans—Weight 
Curves; Alternate and Miscellaneous Details for Pin and Riveted Spans; Double- 
Track Through Pin Spans—Weight Curves; Single Track Through Plate Girder 
Draw Spans—Weight Curves; Single-Track Through Riveted Draw Spans— 
Weight Curves; Counter-Balanced Draw Spans—286' Long; Double Track 
Through Riveted Draw Spans—Weight Curves; Single-Track Viaducts—Weight 
Curves; Alternate and Miscellaneous Details for Viaducts; Double-Track Via¬ 
ducts—Weight Curves; Turntables—Deck 85' Long; Turntables—Through—85' 
Long; Wheel Load Diagram for E50; Moments, Shears, and Reactions E50; 
Moments and Shears for Truss Bridges; Draw Span Formulae and Coefficients; 
Allowable Web Shears; Compressive Stresses; Centers of Gravity for Plate 
Girder Flanges; Maximum Length for Plates; Approximate Radii of Gyration; 
Maximum Lengths of Shapes; Memorandum for Estimating. 

GARCIA, A. J. R. V. Dictionary of Railway Terms in Spanish-English and 
English-Spanish. 6x9, 350 pp. $ 3.00 

A Spanish-English and English-Spanish dictionary containing not only the 
principal terms, but all the rare words as well as those of recent origin that con¬ 
cern railway enterprise, the details of the laying of the line, the rolling stock from 
its trucks and wagons to its luxurious dining cars, and the stations with their 
hotels, garages and dependencies. Special terms that in Cuba, Mexico, and South 
America differ from those used in Spain are also included. 

JORDAN, LEONARD C. The Practical Railway Spiral. With short working 
formulas and full tables of deflection angles and complete notes of 
illustrative examples. 7 diagrams, 4x6^2, leather, 164 pp. $ 1.50 
(Author is principal of the civil engineering department in the Heffley Institute, 
Brooklyn.) 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Superelevation. The Curve Easement.. Spiral De¬ 
velopment. Revision. Tables: Maximum Velocity on Curves. Minimum Length 
of Spirals. Deflection Angles of General Spiral. Functions and Deflections of 
all Spirals. Radii and Logarithms. Corrections, Tangents and Externals. Tan¬ 
gents and Externals to a One Degree Curve. 

Attempts to clear up and modify the theory and to eliminate the existing incon¬ 
sistencies of spiral curves. The Author who has had considerable experience on 
railroad maintenance, in actual track work itself and on location both in moun¬ 
tainous country and on the plains, believes that “ the Practical Railway Spiral ” 
is the closest possible approach to the perfect curve easement in accord with 
the requirements of many of the best American railways. 

SELLEW, WILLIAM H. Steel Rails, Their History, Properties, Strength 
and Manufacture. With notes on the principles of rolling stock and 
track design. 361 ill., 35 folding plates, Jl/4 x io?4, 575 pp. $10.00 
(Author is principal assistant engineer, Michigan Central Railroad.) 

CONTENTS: Development of the Present Section. Early Sections. Present 
Sections. Pressure of the Wheel on the Rail. Speeds of Modern Locomotives. 
Weights of Modern Locomotives. Effect of Excess Balance and Angularity of the 
Main Rod. Effect of Irregularities in the Track. Effect of Rocking of the Engine. 
Effect of Flat Spots in the Wheels. Impact Tests. The Dynamic Augment of the 
Wheel Load. Electric Locomotives. Cars. Supports of the Rail. The Tie. 
Bearing of the Rail on the Tie. Fastening of the Rail to the Tie. Strength of the Tie. 
Bearing on the Ballast. Bearing on the Sub-grade. Supporting Power of the Tie. 


I iS 


RAILWA Y ENGINEERING 


Stresses in the Rail. Stresses at Point of Contact of the Wheel with the Rail. 
Proposed Solutions of the Bending Stress in the Rail. Tests to Determine the Bending 
Stress in the Rail. Calculation of the Bending and Shearing Stress in the Rail. Effect 
of the Joint. Strength of the Rail. Influence of Stress and Strain on the Strength 
of the Rail. Effect of Low Temperature on the Strength of the Rail. Physical Tests 
of the Strength of the Rail. The Strength of the Rail and Proper Weights for Various 
Conditions of Loading. Influence of Detail of Manufacture. Chemical 
Composition. Extraction of the Iron from Its Ore. Conversion of the Steel. Cast¬ 
ing the Ingot. Influence of Mechanical Work. Rail Specifications. Comparison 
of American Specifications. Specifications of the New York Central Lines. Specifica¬ 
tions for Rails Rolled for Export. British Standard Specifications of Bull-Headed 
Railway Rails. British Standard Specifications of Flat Bottom Railway Rails. 
Specifications for Street Railway Rails. Bibliography of Rail Specifications. Appen¬ 
dix, Reports and Records. 

SELLEW, W. H. Railway Maintenance Engineering. With notes on con¬ 
struction. 194 ill., 6 folding plates, 534 x 7 /^> 380 pp. (Van Nos¬ 
trand’s Textbooks.) $3.00 

CONTENTS: Engineering. Reconnaisanee and Exploration Surveys; Location; 
Construction; Estimation of Quantities ; Curves and Spirals. Land. Basic Divi¬ 
sions of Land; Furchase of Land. Grading. Sections; Drainage; Construction 
of the Road-Bed; Construction Contract; Bearing Power of the Sub-Grade. 
Bridges, Trestles and Culverts. Ties. Forms of: Metal Ties, Concrete Ties; 
Conservation of the Timber Supply: Strength of Ties. Rails. Specifications; 
Length: Rail Failures. Other Track Material. Derails; Crossings; Joints; 
Bolts; Nut Locks; Spikes; Tie Plates; Anti-Creepers; Bumping Posts. Ballast. 
Sub-Ballast; Sections; Specifications; Physical Tests; Cleaning; Handling and 
Distribution; Distribution of Pressure. Maintaining Track and Right of Way. 
Track Laying; Surfacing; Right of Way Fences; Snow and Sand Fences, and 
Snow Sheds; Crossings; Signs; Roadway Small Tools; Section Work; Fires on 
Right of Way. Station and Roadway Buildings. Local Stations; Terminal Pas¬ 
senger and Freight Stations; Track Scales. Water Stations. Pumping; Tanks; 
(Stand-Pipes; Track Tanks; Water-Treating Plants. Fuel Stations. Platforms; 
Docks; Clam shells, Mechanical Plants; Storage of Coal. Shops and Engine 
Houses. Round House, Heatin'g Plants; Turn Table; Cinder Pits; Sand Houses; 
Shops. Icing Stations. Harvesting Natural Ice; Manufacture of Ice; Insulation; 
Building for Storing Ice; Delivering Ice to Cars. Signals and Interlockers. 
Essentials of Signalling; Train Order and Manual Block Signals; Mechanical 
Interlocking. 

This book is intended primarily for classroom use. but contains considerable 
matter of a character sufficiently advanced to claim the attention of engineers 
in the maintenance of way departments of railways. 


SHUNK, W. F. The Field Engineer. A handy book of practice in the 
survey, location, and trackwork of railroads, containing a large collec¬ 
tion of rules and tables, original and selected, applicable to both the 
standard and narrow gauge, and prepared with special reference to 
the wants of the young engineer. Twenty-first Edition , Revised and 
Enlarged. Ill., 4J4 x 6 ) 4 , flexible fabrikoid, 355 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Logarithms; Plane Trigonometry; Adjustment and Use of In¬ 
struments ; Propositions and Problems Relating to the Circle Tracing Curves and 
Turning Obstacles in the Field; Suggestions as to Field Work and Location 
Projects; Problems in Field Locations; Track Problems; Tables. 

WAGNER, H E., and EDWARDS, H W. Railway Engineering Estimates. 

In Press 


CEMENT AND CONCRETE 


1 19 


CEMENT AND CONCRETE 


ANDREWS, E. S. Elementary Principles of Reinforced Concrete Construction. 

A textbook for the use of students, engineers, architects, and builders. 
Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 57 ill., 5 2 55 PP- $2.00 

CONTENTS: Notation; Properties of Concrete and Steel; Loads; Working 
Stresses; Bending Moments, and other Useful Data; Reinforced Concrete in Direct 
Compression; Reinforced Concrete Beams; Reinforced Concrete Beams Subjected 
to Bending with Axial Thrust; Graphical Treatment of Reinforced Concrete 
Beams; General Treatment of Shear Stresses and Deflections for Reinforced 
Concrete Beams; Reinforced Concrete Columns; Some Leading Systems of 
Reinforcements. 


BAIL J. D. W. Reinforced Concrete Railway Structures. 124 ill., 6 x 8$4, 
228 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Preliminary Considerations; Bending Stresses; Shear Stress; Floors 
and Buildings; Foundations and Rafts; Retaining Walls; Bridges; Arches 
Bridges ; Sleepers, Fence Posts, etc.; Summary of Notation Employed. 

BROWN, WM. A. The Portland Cement Industry. A practical treatise 
on the building, equipping and economical, running of a Portland 
cement plant. With notes on physical testing. Ill., 554 x 8 ^ 4 , 168 

pp. $ 300 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Historical; Development of the Industry; Manufac¬ 
ture; Raw Materials; Design and Construction of a Modern Portland Cement 
Plant; The Rotary Kiln; Power Plants; Miscellaneous; Costs and Statistics; 
Equipment; Development of Cement Testing; Chemical Composition; Fineness; 
Tensile Strength; Time of Setting; Soundness or Constancy of Volume. 

A concise, well arranged and abundantly illustrated manual treating the ce¬ 
ment industry from all angles. 

CASIER, MELVIN D. Simplified Reinforced Concrete Mathematics. 

Derivation of simple, universal formulas and their application to beams, 
columns and arches, with nomographic computing device. Ill., 5 x 7 / 4 ’ 

66 pp. . ?1 00 

The main purpose of this book is to provide the engineer with practical 
working formulas for the design and investigation of reinforced concrete 
members, and with means for applying these formulas with a minimum of 
computation. The proposed formulas are derived for general application to 
beams subject to direct longitudinal stress in conjunction with transverse 
moment, to eccentrically loaded columns, and to arches. One of its objects 
is to simplify the formulas and their application to beams, columns and 
arches without loss in mathematical accuracy, soasto make the use of special 
curves’ and tables for various assumptions to properties, stresses, dimensions, 
etc., etc. The author has also included some labor-saving devices for use m 
proportioning members and has demonstrated, by definite examples, the appli¬ 
cation of the formulas to beams, columns and arches. For work of varied 
nature, the methods given in the book effect a large saving in time over 
prevalent methods of computation. The contents are: Derivation of Formulas, 
Labor-Saving Devices; Illustrative Examples; General Notes on Reinforced 
Concrete Design. 


COCHRAN, JEROME. A Treatise on Cement Specifications, rilus^, 
554 x 824 . 113 PP- , * 100 

CONTENTS* Introduction. General Conditions Covering the Use of Cement, 
Furnishing Cement to the Contractor. Purchase of Cement from Manufacturer. 
Deliverv and Storage of Cement. Inspection and Tests of Cement. Test Require¬ 
ments for Cement. Methods of Testing Cement, Significance of Tests of Cement, 



120 


CEMENT AND CONCRETE 


Methods of Chemical Analysis of Portland Cement. Bibliography of Specification 
for Cement. Bibliography of Foreign Cement Specifications. 

Brings together into a logical sequence all the points that need be taken into 

COCHRAN, JEROME. General Specifications for Concrete and Reinforced 
Concrete, including Einishing and Waterproofing. Ill., 6 %x g 1 /^, 
300 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Concrete Materials. Proportioning and Mixing Con¬ 
crete Forms and Centering (False-work) Steel Reinforcement. Transporting and 
Placing of Concrete. Finishing Concrete Surfaces. Waterproofing Concrete Work. 
Design of Reinforced Concrete. Reinforced Concrete Building Construction. Appen¬ 
dix. Suggested Forms and Formulas for Reinforced Concrete Construction. 

HAWKESWORTH, J. Graphical Handbook for Reinforced Concrete Design. 

A series of plates, showing graphically, by means of plotted curves, the 
required design for slabs, beams, and columns under various conditions 
of external loading, together with practical examples showing the 
method of using each plate. Ill., 9x11)4, 64 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Values of Constant for Determining Resisting Moments; Design 
of Slabs; Spacing of Square Bars; External Bending Moment in Footing Slabs; 
Value of Resisting Moment; Conversion of Areas of Metal Cross Section; 
Location of Neutral Axis; Allowable Stresses and Loads; Design of Hooped 
Columns; Complete Design of a Reinforced Concrete Structure. 

MARSH, C. F., and DUNN, WM. Manual of Reinforced Concrete. Third 

Edition , Reivritten and Considerably Enlarged by the addition of much 
useful information and many new tables and diagrams. Ill., numerous 
folding plates, 4)4 x 6 ) 4 , 491 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Materials; Construction; Waterproofing; Loads, Bending Moments 
and Shearing Forces; Calculations; General information, Tables, Diagrams. 

MARSH, CHARLES F. Reinforced Concrete Compression Member Diagram. 

40x3054, in a cloth folder, g ]/ 2 xj 1 /^. $1.50 

The description accompanying the diagram is very explicit and gives general 
instructions for using the diagrams which have been prepared in accordance with 
the second report of the joint committee appointed by the Royal Institute of British 
Architects and the London County Council Draft Regulations, consisting of four 
graphs on one sheet, all continuously related to each other. The manner of use for 
designing a pillar is, roughly, as follows: Taking the load as starting point trace 
to an intersection with a line for the size of pillar selected, red lines showing circular 
cores, and blue, square cores. From this first intersection trace on to intersect 
with another line, representing the proportion of vertical steel, and then on to 
meet a line representing, either by its red, green or blue color, the kind of concrete 
chosen and the value of a constant chosen from a table and dependent upon the 
kind of binding and its spacing. Thus a ratio of volumes of concrete and hooping 
is derived, and by the aid of another diagram, a factor is ascertained which gives 
the size of the binding, having regard to the previously chosen spacing. A pillar 
already designed may be checked by working back the opposite way. 

MARTIN, NATHANIEL. The Properties and Design of Reinforced Concrete. 

Instructions, authorized methods of calculation, experimental results, and 
reports by the French Government Commissions on Reinforced Con¬ 
crete. 29 diagrams, 6^4 x 9 l A, 133 PP* $1.50 

(Author is lecturer on reinforced concrete in the Glasgow Royal Technical College.) 
CONTENTS: Instructions Relative to the Use of Reinforced Concrete. A Cir¬ 
cular Issued by the French Ministry of Public Works in Explanation of the Instruc¬ 
tions. Report of the Draft Regulations by the Commission Nominated by the General 
Council of Bridges and Roads. The Experimental Work of the Commission. The 


CEMENT AND CONCRETE 


121 


Report and Draft Regulations Presented by the Commission, being a Review of the 
Principal Results of the Experimental Work of the Commission. Some Conclusions 
of the Commission from the Study of the Elementary Properties of the Materials 
Constituting Reinforced Concrete. Notes Presented by M. Considere. Appendix. 

RICHARDS, W. A., and NORTH, H. B. A Manual of Cement Testing. 

For the use of engineers and chemists in colleges and in the field. 56 

ill., S 3 A x 8, 142 PP- $ 150 

CONTENTS: Classification, Composition, Manufacture. Sampling. Fineness 
Specific Gravity. Normal Consistency. Constancy of Volume. Tensile Strength 
Compressive Strength and Transverse Tests. Sand and Stone. Laboratory Equip¬ 
ment. Part Played by Chemical Analysis. Preparation of Sample for Analysis. 
Analysis of Cement, Limestone, Marl, Slag and Clay. Standard Specifications for 
Portland Cement. . 

This laboratory manual is intended to assist in bringing about uniformity in the 
testing of cement. The authors have endeavored to present, in a somewhat con¬ 
densed form, such directions as will enable a student in the laboratory or an opera¬ 
tor in the field office to interpret correctly the Standard Methods of Testing and 
Specifications for Cement, as published by a committee of the American Society of 
Civil Engineers, American Society for Testing Materials, Association of American 
Portland Cement Manufacturers and the American Railway Engineers and Main¬ 
tenance of Way Association. Sufficient detail is given to enable all students 
to learn the same manipulations and thus be able to perform each test in a certain 
well-defined and similar manner. Mr. Richards is a practical engineer and has 
been engaged in practical engineering work and teaching of engineering subjects 
for a number of years, and Dr. North has made a special study of cement and for 
two years was a student of Prof. Henri Le Chatelier, the great French authority 
on cement. 

RINGS, FREDERICK. Reinforced Concrete Bridges. 373 illustrations. 

sy 2 x 12, 196 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Disadvantages and Advantages. Architectural Treatment. Water 
and Weather Proofing. The Materials Used. Regulations of the London County 
Council. Practical Suggestions and Superintendence. Bending Moments, Stresses, 
and Strains. Loads on Bridges and External Stresses. Calverts, Coverings, Tun¬ 
nels etc. Design of Girder Bridges. Calculation of Girder Bridges and Worked 
Problems! Examples of Girder Bridges. Design of Arched Bridges and Abutments. 
Theory of the Arch. Examples of Arched Bridges. Formula, Notes, Schedules, 
and Other Useful Information. _ , 

A record of the most important features and facts for the bridge designer. The 
series of bridges illustrated, while possibly not the most remarkable structures 
extant, are, however, illustrative of the various types occurring in the usual practice 
of the civil engineer. 

RINGS, FREDERICK. Reinforced Concrete in Theory and Practice. 

Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Ill., 5/4 x 8, 260 pp. $4.50 
CONTENTS: Introductory; Materials; Execution of Work; Applications of 
Reinforced Concrete; Loads, Moments, Stresses, Resistance; Formulae for Slabs 
with Single Reinforcements; Shearing Stresses and Adhesion; Formulae tor 
Columns; Arch and Bridge Construction; Retaining Walls, Circular Structures, 
etc.; Worked Examples; London County Council Regulations; Memoranda and 

Tables; Symbols. . - 

Does not advocate or give prominence to any particular method ot con¬ 
struction, but gives in a concise form the best of many formulas and systems 
used in various countries, and deals with the subject in such a manner as to 
be intelligible to average students of architecture who have not been required 
to devote that amount of study to the theory of construction which is 
demanded of the engineer, to whom, however, it should also be useful. 

R EAR T,E A. B. Cement, Concrete and Bricks. 113 ill., 5/2 x8 T 4, 4TS PP- 
’ $3.00 

CONTENTS: The Raw Materials for Cements; Methods of Cement Manufac- 


122 


CEMENT AND CONCRETE-EXCAVATION 


ture; Chemical and Physical Changes in Cements; Changes That Occur in Setting 
and Hardening; Testing the Properties of Cements; The Components of Con¬ 
crete and Their Properties; Preparation of Concrete; Reinforced Concrete; 
Special Properties of Concrete; Testing Concrete; Raw Materials for Bricks; 
Methods of Brickmaking; The Chemical and Other Changes in Drying and Burn¬ 
ing Bricks; Basic and Neutral Bricks. 

SCOTT, A. ALBAN H. Reinforced Concrete in Practice. 130 ill, VA x 7 l A> 
188 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Materials; Testing of Materials; Centering; Preparation of Steel 
Work; Concrete; Striking - of Centering; Cutting Away and Making Good; 
Surface Treatment and Finish; Work Requiring Special Method; Fixing of 
Machinery, Plant, etc.; Testing of Finished. Structures; Contraction, Expansion. 

WARREN, E D. Handbook on Reinforced Concrete for Architects, Engineers 
and Contractors. Ill., 4^x714, 271 PP- $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Tensile Strength of Cement; Tensile Strength of Concrete Steel 
or the Effect of Steel Members upon Concrete When Embedded in the Latter 
and the Whole is Undergoing Tension Caused by Bending; Designs of Concrete 
Structures; Design of Reinforced Concrete Trusses. 

WHEATLEY, 0 . Ornamental Cement Work. 81 ill., 5 } 4 x 8 j 4 , I 3 2 PP- $ 2.25 
CONTENTS: Cement Work on Art Craft; The Uses for Which it is Suitable; 
Materials and Workshop; Mould-Making and Templets; Technique; Choice of 
Ornaments; Extended Uses. 


EXCAVATION AND TUNNELING 

BOYCOTT, G. W. M. Compressed Air Work and Diving. A handbook for 

engineers, comprising deep-water diving and the use of compressed 
air for sinking caissons and cylinders and for driving subaqueous tun¬ 
nels. Ill., 6^4 x.9^4, 128 pp. $ 4.25 

CONTENTS: Stage Decompression. The Common Diving Dress and Helmet. 
Roquayrol-Denayrouze Apparatus. Fleuss Dress. The Diving Bell. Pumps. 
Pneumatic Caissons and Cylinders. Tunnelling. Blackwale and Rotherhette. 
East River Tunnels. Rock Blasting. Air Compressors. 

COPPERTHWAITE, WM. C. Tunnel Shields, and the Use of Compressed Air 

in Subaqueous Works. - 257 ill., 9X n}i, 434 pp. $ 9.00 

CONTENTS: The Shield; Early History; Compressed Air in Engineering 

Work; Cast Iron Lining for Tunnels; The Greathead Shield in London Clay; 
The Shield in Water Bearing Strata; The Shield in Masonry Tunnels; Recent 
Tunnelling Work Carried Out With the Shield or Compressed Air; Cost; 
English Patents. 

PRELINI, CHARLES. Tunneling. An exhaustive treatise. Sixth Edition, 

Entirely Revised and Enlarged. 160 ill., 6x9, 350 pp. $ 3.00 

(Author is professor of civil engineering at Manhattan College.) 

CONTENTS; The Historical Development of Tunnel Building. Preliminary 
Considerations. Choice between a Tunnel and an Open Cut. Method and 
Purpose of Geological Surveys. Methods of Determining the Center Line and 
Forms and Dimensions of Cross-Sections. Excavation Machines and Rock 
Drills: Explosives and Blasting. General Methods of Excavating Shafts; 
Classification of Tunnels. Methods of Timbering or Strutting Tunnels. Methods 
of Hauling in Tunnels. Types of Centers and Molds Employed in Constructing 
Tunnel Linings of Masonry. Methods of Lining Tunnels. Tunnels through 
Hard Rock; General Discussion; Representative Mechanical Installations for 
jTunnel Work. Excavation by Drift. Simplon and Murray Hill Tunnels. Excava- 



EXCAVATION—ROADS 


123 


tion by Headings. European and American Methods. St. Gothard and Port George 
Tunnels. Comparison of Methods. Excavating Tunnels through Soft Ground. 
General Discussion. The Belgian Method. The German Method. Baltimore Belt 
Line Tunnel. The Full Section Method. The English, American and Austrian 
Methods. Special Treacherous Ground Method. Italian Method; Quicksand 
Tunneling: Pilot Method. Open-Cut Tunneling Methods; Tunnels under City 
Streets. Boston Subway, and New York Rapid Transit. Submarine Tunneling- 
General Discussion—The Severn Tunnel. The Compressed Air Method—The Mil¬ 
waukee Water Works. The Shield System. The Shield and Compressed Air Method. 
The Pennsylvania Railroad Tunnel under the Hudson River. Tunnels at Very 
Shallow Depths.—The Cofferdam Method.—The Van Buren Street Tunnel, Chicago— 
The Pneumatic Caisson Method. The Tunnels under the Harlem, Seine and Detroit 
Rivers. Accidents and Repairs in Tunneling During and After Construction. Reliev¬ 
ing Timber-Lined Tunnels with Masonry. Ventilating and Lighting of Tunnels 
During Construction. Cost of Tunnel Excavation, and the Time Required for the 
Work. 

PKELINI, C. Dredges and Dredging. 82 ill., 6 j 4 x 9 y 2 , 280 pp. $ 3.00 
CONTENTS: History of Dredges and Dredging. Soils and their Characteristics. 
Soundings and Hydraulic Surveys. Excavation of Subaqueous Rocks. Hints on 
Selecting Dredges for Various Work. Dredging Crews, Quarters, and Tenders for 
(Dredges. Classification and Capacities of Dredges. Ladder or Excavation Dredge. 
Sea-Going Ladder Dredge. Semi-Sea-Going Stationary and High-Tower Ladder 
Dredges. Hydraulic Dredges. Sea-Going Hydraulic Dredges. Hydraulic Dredges 
for Channels and River Improvements. Universal Dredges. Stirring Dredges. 
Pneumatic Dredges. Dipper and Grab Dredges. Description of Clam-Shell Dredges, 
(Transportation of the Debris. Methods and Costs of River Dredges. Dredging 
(for Metals. Dredging for Industrial Purposes. Dry-Land Dredging. Cost of 
Operating Dredges. Cost Data. 

. A thoroughly practical treatise, written with a view to presenting the whole subject 
’concisely and logically, so that the man of experience as well as the beginner or 
k 'student may find it useful. 

PRELINI, C. Earth and Rock Excavation. A practical manual. Second 
Edition, Revised. 167 ill., 654x9^, 363 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Graphical Representation of Earthwork; Plans and Profiles; Cal¬ 
culating 'Quantities and Cost of Earthwork; Cuts and Fills; Borrow Pits and Spoil 
Banks; Classification of Materials; Rock Excavation by and Without Blasting; 
Earth Excavation; Various Methods of Hauling Excavated Materials; Chains, 
Ropes, Buckets, Engines and Motive Power; Animal and Mechanical Labor; 
Direction of Excavation Work; Shrinkage of Earth; Cost of Earthwork; Ex¬ 
amples of Large Canal Excavation Works. 

PRELINI, C. Graphical Determination of Earth Slopes, Retaining Walls 
and Dams. 75 ill., 6x8J 4 , 136 pp. 

CONTENTS: The Stability of Earth Slopes: Weight, Internal Friction, Co¬ 
hesion of Soils. Graphical Determination and the Parabola of Cohesion; Prac¬ 
tical Application. Analytical Calculation of Cohesion. Earth Slopes in Practice. 
Retaining Walls: Earth Pressure; Graphical Method After Rebhann. Appli¬ 
cation of the Method to Various Practical Cases. Variation of Pressure with 
Height of Wall; Intensity of Pressure; Center of Pressure. The Earth Pressure 
Represented by a Line. Effect of Cohesion on Pressure Against Retaining Walls. 
The Pressure of Passive Resistance of the Earth. Analytical Methods: Reb¬ 
hann Methods. Formulas cf Rankine and Weyrauch. The Design of Retaining 
Walls • Types. The Equilibrium. Determination of Width of Bases by Graph¬ 
ical Methods. Determination of Width of Base by Analytical Method. Dams: 
Direction, Amount, and Point of Application of the Pressure, Theoretical Pro¬ 
files for Dams. Practical Cross Sections. 


124 


!ROADS AND PAVEMENTS 

ABRAHAM, HERBERT, Asphalts and Allied Substances. Their occurrence, 

modes of production, uses in the arts and methods of testing. 208 ill., 
6x9, 621 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: General Considerations. Historical Reviiew; Terminology and 
Classification of Bituminous Substances ; Chemistry of Bituminous Substances ; Geol¬ 
ogy and Origin of Bitumens and Pyrobitumens; Annual Production of Asphalts, 
Asphalites and Asphaltic Pyrobitumens. Semi-Solid and Solid Native Bituminous 
Substances. Methods of Refining; Mineral Waxes; Native Asphalts Occurring 
in a Fairly Pure State; Native Asphalts Associated with Mineral Matter; As¬ 
phalites; Asphaltic Pyrobitumens; Pyrobituminous Shales. Tars and Pitches. 
General Methods of Producing Tars; Wood Tar, Wood-tar Pitch and Rosin 
Pitch; Peat and Lignite Tars and Pitches; Shale Tar and Shale-Tar Pitch; Coal 
Tar and Coal Tar Pitch; Water-Gas and Oil-Gas Tars and Pitches; Petroleum 
Asphalts; Paraffine Wax and Wax Tailings; Wurtzilite Asphalt; Fatty-Acid 
Pitch, Bone-Tar and Bone-Tar Pitch. Manufactured Products and Their Uses. 
Methods of Blending; Bituminous Paving Materials; Bituminized Fabrics for 
Roofing, Flooring, Waterproofing, Sheathing and Insulating Purposes; Semi- 
Liquid, Semi-Solid and Solid Bituminous Compositions; Bituminous Paints, 
Cements, Varnishes, Enamels and Japans. Methods of Testing. Physical Char¬ 
acteristics; Heat Tests; Solubility Tests; Chemical Tests; Methods of Testing 
Manufactured Products; Weathering Tests. 

DANBY, ARTHUR. Natural Rock Asphalts and Bitumens. Their geology, 
history, properties and industrial application. Ill., 5^2X8^, 254 PP- 

$ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Nomenclature and Definitions. Geology of Bitumen and Rock 
Asphalt. Appearance and Physical Structure. History and Ancient Use. Modern 
Exploitation of Rock Asphalt. Sources of Rock Asphalt and Bitumen. American 
Deposits of Bitumen. Extraction and Preparation of Rock Asphalt. Tests and 
Analyses. Physical Properties of Rock Asphalt. The Carrying Out of Rock Asphalt 
Work, and of Rock Asphalt Mastic Work. Macadam Roads. Other Uses of 
Bitumen. 

GILLMORE, Q. A. Practical Treatise on the Construction of Roads, Streets 
and Pavements. Tenth Edition. 70 ill.. 5258 PP- $ 1.25 
CONTENTS: Location and Grades of Country Roads; Earthwork, Drainage 
and Transverse Form of Country Roads; Road Coverings; Maintenance and 
Repairs; Streets and Pavements; Sidewalks; Footpaths; Tramways and Street 
Railways. 

G 00 DELL, JOHN M. The Location, Construction and Maintenance of Roads. 

6 x9, 220 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Location, Grades, Widths and Cross-Sections of Rural Roads Regu¬ 
lations of the California Highway Commission Regarding Surveys and Plans; 
Drainage, Culverts and Bridges; Earth and Sand-Clay Roads; Gravel Roads; 
Water-Bound Macadam Roads; Road-Building Rocks; Concrete Roads; Standard 
Specifications for Portland Cement; Petroleum and Residuums; Asphalt and 
Native Solid Bitumens; Asphalt Materials for Roads; Tar and Tar Products; 
Bituminous Surface Applications; Brick Roads; Brick Pavement on a One-Inch 
Concrete Base; Highway Bonds; Resistance of Roads to Traction; Rural Public 
Roads in the United States; Money Spent on Roads in the United States; Extent 
of Surfaced Roads in the United States; Motor Car Statistics; Vitrified Paving 
Brick Production; Broken Stone Production; Gravel and Paving Sand Produc¬ 
tion; The Reasons for Improving Roads. 

This book appeared originally as Part II of the 1917 Good Roads Year Book, 
which was an outline of road building compiled from material contributed by 
over fifty leading American highway engineers. 



125 


STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING 


ADAMS, HENRY. Theory and Practice in Designing. 370 ill., 6x9, 
248 pp. ' $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Timber, Its Seasoning and Shrinkage; Principles of Stress; Elemen 
tary Principles of Trigonometry: Designing Framed Roof and Queen Post Trusses 
Riveting Lattice Girders; Traveling Cranes and Rolling Loads; Cast Iron Stanchions 
and Their Safe Loads; Steel Roof Trusses for Various Spans; Steel Framed Sheds 
Various Types of Braced Girders; Stresses in Hanging Ropes ^Theory of Arches 
Stability of Retaining Walls. 

ANDREWS, EWART S. Elastic Stresses in Structures. Translated from 

Castiglianos “Theorem De L’Equibre Des Systemes Elastiques Et Ses 
Applications.” 109 ill., 15 folding plates, 6x9^, 380 pp. $ 9.00 

CONTENTS: Theory. Framed Structures; Elastic Structures; General Equa¬ 
tions of the Elastic Equilibrium of a Solid; Approximate Applications; Theory 
of Lattice Girders; Formulae for the Internal Work of Different Solid Bodies; 
Theory of Straight Beams; Theory of Columns; Theory of Curved Ribs and 
Arches; Theory of Composite Structures; Imperfectly Elastic Stresses Such as 
Masonry Arches. Application to Practical Examples. Study of a Beam Strength¬ 
ened by Two Tie-Rods and Two Cast-Iron Struts; Study of a Beam Strengthened 
by Three Tie-Bars and Two Cast-Iron Struts; Study of Iron Trusses Without 
Tie Rods; Study of an Arched Roof-Truss with a Single Tie-Rod; Study of a 
R.oof-Truss of the Polonceau Type; Study of an Arched Roof-Truss with Several 
lie Bars; Study of ah Iron Arch Bridge with Flat Springings; Study of an Iron 
Arch Bridge with Rounded Ends; Study of a Brick Masonry Arch Bridge Con¬ 
structed over the Oglio for the Main Line of the Milan to Venice Railway; Study 
of a^ Stone Bridge Erected Over the Doire at Turin by Charles Mosca. 

ANDREWS, EWART S. The Theory and Design of Structures. A text-book 

for the use of students, draughtsmen, and engineers engaged in con¬ 
structional work. Third Edition , Revised and Enlarged. 272 ill., 2 
plates, 601 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Stress, Strain and Elasticity; Principles of Design, Working 

Stresses, etc.; Wind Pressure; Forces, Areas, and Moments; Riveted Joints 
and Connections; Bending Moments and Shearing Forces in Beams; Stresses 
in Beams; Bending Moments and Shearing Forces for Rolling Loads; De¬ 
flections of Beams; Fixed and Continuous Beams; Distribution of Shearing 
Stresses in Beams; Framed Structures; Columns, Stanchions, and Struts; Sus¬ 
pension Bridges and Arches; Masonry Structures; Reinforced Concrete and Sim¬ 
ilar Structures; Design of Steelwork for Buildings, etc.; Design of Roofs; De¬ 
sign of Bridges and Girders. 

ANDREWS, EWART S. Further Problems in the Theory and Design of 
Structures. An advanced textbook for the use of students, draughts¬ 
men, and engineers engaged in constructional work. Ill. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Influence Lines; Influence Lines for Simply Supported Frames; 
Influence Lines for Fixed and Continuous Beams; Influence Lines for Arches 
and Suspension Bridges; Internal Work; Deflections of Framed Structures; 
Stresses in Redundant Frames; Stresses in Rigid or Elastic Arches; Stresses in 
Portals and Wind Bracings; Secondary Stresses in Structures. 

BOWSER, E. A. A Treatise on Roofs and Bridges. With numerous exer¬ 
cises, especially adapted for school use. Second Edition. 69 ill., 5 x 
7 J 4 , 202 pp. $ 2.25 

CONTENTS: Roof Trusses; Bridge Trusses with Uniform Loads; Bridge 

Trusses with Unequal Distribution of Loads; Miscellaneous Trusses. 



126 


STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING 


BURNSIDE, WM. Bridge Foundations. 32 ill., 424 ^7 l A, 148 pp. $ 2.00 
CONTENTS: The Foundation Bed; Abutment Foundations; Pier Foundations; 
Piled Foundations; Dams; Screw Piles and Screw Cylinders; Well Foundations; 
Stranded Caissons; Open Caissons; Pneumatic Caissons; The Effects of Com¬ 
pressed Air; Tables. 

CAIN, WILLIAM. Practical Designing of Retaining Walls. With appen¬ 
dices on stresses in masonry dams. Seventh Edition , Thoroughly Re¬ 
vised. 26 ill., 3 ^ 4 x 6 , boards, 182 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Science Se¬ 
ries, No. 3.) $ 0.75 

CONTENTS: Reservoir Walls; Theory of Retaining-Walls; Graphical Method J 
Analytical Methods; Experiments; Comparison with Theory; The Practical De® 
signing of Retaining-Walls; Design for a Very High Masonry Dam; Stressef 
in Masonry Dams; Relations between Stresses at Any Point of a Dam. 


COCKING, WALTER C. The Calculations for Steel-Frame Structures. With 

notes on the application of theory to practical design. 78 ill., 6 folding 
plates, 4% x y l / 2 , 312 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Bending Moments and Shearing Forces; Deflections; The Design 
of Beams; Simple Shearing Stresses; Rivet Pitch; Inclined Beams; Design of 
Floors; Eccentric Loading on Beams; Wall Bearings; Riveted Connections; 
Grillage Foundations; Pillars; Eccentric Loading on Pillars; Stresses in Lattice 
and Frame Structures by Calculation; Combined Bending and Direct Stress; 
Riveted Connections in Framed Structures; Approximate Formulae for Use in 
Design and Checking Calculations; Explanation of Model Calculations. 

GIBSON, A. H., and RITCHIE, E. G. A Study of the Circular-Arc Bow-Girder. 

46 ill, yy 2 x io 24 , 88 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Equilibrium of the Straight Girder; Curvature, Slope, and Deflec¬ 
tion; Encastre and Continuous Beams; Encastre Beam without Intel mediate 
Supports, with Intermediate Supports, with Uniform Loading—Effect of Subsi¬ 
dence of One Support; Beams with Unsvmmetrical Loading; Resilience of a 
Girder under Bending; Castigliano’s Theorem; Resilience Under Torsion; De¬ 
flection Due to Shear Forces; The Circular-arc Bow-girder; Circular Arc Canti¬ 
lever with Single End Load, with Uniform Loading; Circular-arc Encastre Girder 
with Single Load, Girder with Uniform Loading, Girder with Uniformly Loaded 
Platform; Girder with Unsymmetrical Loading; Bow Girder with Intermediate 
Supports, with Uniform Loading and Central Support, with Two Intermediate 
Supports, with Three Intermediate Supports; Effect of Subsidence of Supports; 
Equilibrium of a Compound Bow Girder; Shear Force at a Section; Experimental 
Verification of Formulae; Application to Sections Other Than Circular; The Tor¬ 
sion of Non-Circular Sections; Experimental Results; Shear Stresses ’in a Beam 
of Circular Section; Stresses in Non-Circular Sections; Elliptical Sections - Rect¬ 
angular and Box Sections; I Sections; Horizontal Shear in a Beam Under Tor¬ 
sion; Resultant Shear; I and Box Sections; General Principles of Design of the 
Bow Girder; Appendices. 


GUY, A. E. Experiments on the Flexure of Beams, resulting in the Discov¬ 
ery of New Laws of Failure by Buckling. Reprinted from the Amer¬ 
ican Machinist. Ill, diagrams and folding plates, 6 x 824 , 122 pp. $ 1.25 

CONTENTS: A Simple Problem; The Transverse Shearing; The Longitudinal 
Shearing; The Deflection of the Beam; Experiments; The Best Form of Sen 

m?, n \T The T Centra i Web , ; uY idth 0f the Section ; The Shape of the Beam; 

he New l.aw KYamnlp? • Tahlpc * 


HARDY, E. Elementary Principles of Graphic Statics. Ill, 5 x 724, 165 pp. 

$ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Graphic Arithmetic; Force; Center of Gravity; Non-Parallel 


STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING 127 


Forces; Funicular Polygon; Graphic Solution of Bending Moment; Explanation 
. of Reciprocal or Stress Diagrams. 

HIROI, I. Statically-Indeterminate Stresses in Frames Commonly Used for 
Bridges. Second Edition , Revised and Enlarged. 95 ill., S'/z x 7 J 4 , 
194 PP* $2.50 

CONTENTS: General Principles; Trussed Beams; Viaducts Bents; Continuous 
Girders; Arches with Two Hinges; Arches without Hinges; Suspension Bridges; 
Trusses with Redundant Members; Secondary Stresses due to Rigidity of Joints. 

HIROI, I. Plate Girder Construction. Fifth Edition, Entirely Rewritten and 
Enlarged. 35 ill., 1 folding plate, x 6, boards, no pp. (Van Nos¬ 
trand's Science Series, No. 95.) $0.75 

CONTENTS: Definition Length; Depth; Loads; Stresses; Details; Design of a 
60-ft. Girder. 


PULLEft, W. W. F. Application of Graphic Methods to the Design of 
Structures. Specially prepared for the use of engineers. Second Edi¬ 
tion. 247 ill., 5 X734, 349 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Graphic Solutions of Equations; Drawing Parallel Lines; Laws 
of Equilibrium; Shearing Force and Bending Moment; Graphical Determination 
of Bending Moment and Reactions; Bending of Elastic Material; Areas ana 
Center of Gravity; Bending Accompanied by Longitudinal Force; Strength of 
Ideal Strut; Claxton Fielder’s Investigation of Effect of Variation of Elasticity 
on the Strength of the Strut; Problems Relating to Struts; Working Stresses; 
Effect of Kinetic Load; Roof Trusses; Crescent Roof with Wind Pressure; 
King Rod Truss; Ventilators; Knee Bracing; Quadrangular Truss; Double Can¬ 
tilever Poof Truss; Bridge Trusses; Counterbracing; Moment of Inertia; Maxi¬ 
mum Bending Moment with Moving Loads; Design of Plate Girder; Masonry 
SLsctures; Miscellaneous Problems; Appendix. 

ROEBLING, J. A. Long and Short Span Railway Bridges. 13 double fold¬ 
ing plates, 13 J 4 x 20 , 90 pp., folio. $25.00 

CONTENTS: Theory of Parabolic Truss; General Description; Weight of 

Superstructure; Plan of a Bridge Over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, for 
Railway and Common Travel; Short Span Bridge; Tables; Plates. 

SCHINDLER, K. Iron and Steel Constructional Work. A concise handbook 
with examples for practical application. Translated from the German 
and adapted to English practice by Chas. Salter. 115 ill., 5 x 7 / 4 > 
152 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Columns. Cast Iron: Mild Steel. Girders and Beams. Methods 
of Loading; Girder Connections; Riveted Girders; Floor Construction. Roof Con¬ 
struction. Loads on Roofs; Steel Roof Principals: Details of Roof Trusses; Calcula¬ 
tions for Roof Principals. Iron Staircases. Construction: Loads on Staircases; 
Calculations for Strength of Members; Types: Skylights, Floor-Lights, and 
Glazed Roofing; Tables. 


SHREVE, S. H. A Treatise on the Strength of Bridges and Roofs. With 
practical applications and examples, for the use of students and engi¬ 
neers. Fourth Edition. 87 ill., 6 x 9, 352 pp. $3.50 

CONTENTS' Simple Trusses; Trusses with Vertical Struts and Inclined Ties; 
Trusses with Horizontal Chords, with Struts and Ties of Equal Inclinations; 
Trusses with Horizontal Chords and Inclined Braces, the Ties and Struts 
having Different Inclinations; Inclined Trusses or Rafters; Triangular Trusses; 
Bow String Trusses; Lenticular Trusses; Kuilenberg Truss; The Bollman and 
Fink Trusses. 


SPENCER, ALBERT S. Practical Design of Steel-Framed Sheds. Ill., 12 

folding plates, 77 tables, 6x9, 173 pp. $ 350 


128 


STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING 



ters, Pipes, Ventilation, Doors, Windows and Skylights. 

SPRAGUE, ERNEST H, The Strength of Structural Elements. A text book 
for students, engineers and architects. 112 ill., 5 folding 
5x7/2, 214 pp. „ . $2 t °° 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Internal Forces in a Structure; Connections, In¬ 
ternal Stresses in a Structure; Resistance of Beams to Bending ; Composite 
Beams; Plate Girders; Struts and Columns; Deflection of Beams; Continuous 
Girders; Oblique Flexure. 

SPRAGUE, ERNEST H. The Stability of Arches. 58 ill., 5 folding plates, 
5 x 7 / 4 . i 49 PP- $20 ° 

CONTENTS: Introduction; The Three-Pinned Arch; The Eleastic Theory of 
the Arch; The Two-Hinged Arch; The Hingeless Arch; Masonry and Concrete 
Arches; Design of Masonry and Concrete Arches; Loads and Stresses; Appendix. 

SPRAGUE, ERNEST H. Moving Loads by Influence Lines and Other Methods. 

A textbook for students, engineers and structural designers. 72 ill., 
2 plates, 5x7/, 172 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Dynamic Action; Concentrated Load Crossing a Beam; Train 
of Loads Acting Directly on a Simple Beam; Determination of the Absolute 
Maximum Shearing Force and Bending Moment for a Girder; Uniform Load 
Crossing a Framed Girder; Method of Sections; Train of Concentrated Loads 
Crossing a Framed Girder; Cantilever Girders; Influence Lines from a Con¬ 
tinuous Girder. 

SPRAGUE, ERNEST H. The Elements of Graphic Statics. A textbook for 
students, engineers and architects. 163 ill., 5 x 7 /> 206 PP- $2.00 
CONTENTS: Composition and Resolution of Forces Mathematically Consid¬ 
ered; Framed Structures; Superposed and Space Frames; Moments; Roofs; 
Shearing Force and Bending Moment Diagrams; Relation Between the Curves 
of Load, Shear, and Bending Moment; Shearing Force and Bending Moment for 
a Moving Load; Moments of Areas; Stress Distribution on Cross-Sections; The 
Line of Pressure. 

STEINMAN, D. B. Suspension Bridges and Cantilevers. Their economic 

proportions and limiting spans. Second Edition, Revised. 4 folding 
plates, 3/ x6, 185 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Science Series, No. 127.) $0.75 

CONTENTS: Design of Suspension Bridges, Wire Cable vs. Eye-bars, Economic 
Rise-ratio, Depth of Stiffening Truss, Design of Cantilevers, Economic Span- 
ratios, Minimum Width, Empiric Formulae for Weights and Costs, Maximum and 
Economic Spans, Span of Equal Cost, Comparison and Conclusions. 

An investigation of the relative adaptability of the cantilever and suspension 
types to long-span construction, together with a determination of the economic 
proportions and outlines of the methods of design. 

THAYER, HORACE R. Structural Design. Ill., 6x9. To be complete in 
three volumes. Each volume complete and sold separately. 

(Author is assistant professor of structural design at Carnegie Institute of 
Technology.) 

Volume I., Elements of Structural Design. Second Edition , Revised. 


$2.50 


228 pp. 


CONTENTS: Materials. Introduction; Growth and Characteristics of Timber; 


STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING 


129 

Faults of Timber; Preservative Processes for Timber; Varieties of Timber; 
strength of limber; Uses of Timber; Cast Iron; Wrought Iron; Bessemer Steel, 
Open Hearth Steel; Cast Steel and Alloys of Steel; Paints. Commercial Shapes. 
Handbooks, Units and Dimensions; Commercial Shapes of Wood; Commercial 
Shapes for Cast Iron and Steel Castings; Rolling; Circular Shapes; Rectangular 
Shapes; Angles; I-Beams and Channels; Occasional Shapes; Rare Shapes. 
Wooden Structures. Principles of Design; Accessories of Other Material; 
Joints; Designs of Timber Structures; General Description of Roof Trusses; 
Computations for a Roof Truss; Trussed Beams; Description of Bridges 1 
computations for a Bridge; Trestle Bents. Fabrication of Structural Steel 
Organization of Administration; Plant in General; Stock Yard; Main Shop; 
Machme Shop; Forge Shop; Templets; Methods of Cutting Material; Methods 
of Bending; Process for Upsetting; Method for Making Holes; Layout and As- 
s embly; bastemngs for Steel Work; Methods for Riveting; Inspection Painting 
and Shipment; Erection. The Engineering Department. Specifications; Prob- 
lem of Design; Economical Relations; Estimating; Design of Beams ; • Design of 
tension Members; Design of Compression Members; Strain Sheet; Detailing; 
Design of ^plices and Beam Connections; Design of Riveted and Pin Joints in 
trusses; Shoes; Structural Drawings; Auxiliaries; Bills of Materials; Bills of 
Eyebars , Pins and Accessories; Other Bills; Checking; Other Steps; Examina¬ 
tion of Structures in Use; Failures. 

Volume II. Design of Simple Structures. 503 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: Beam Bridges—Plate Girders. General. I-beam Bridges for Rail¬ 
roads; I-beam Bridges with Solid Floors; I-beam Bridges for Highways—Plank 
hloonng—Solid Floors; Fences; Open Floor Plate Girder Bridges for Railroads; 
Strmgers for Open Floor Railroad Bridges; Floor Beams for Open Floor Rail- 
road Bridges; Plate Girder Flanges; The Plate Girder Web; Shoes and Bracing 
for Plate Girders; Solid Floor Plate Girder Bridges for Railroads; Railroad 
Bridges on Grades, Curves and Skews; Highway Plate Girders; Absolute Maxi¬ 
mum Moment; Theory of Stiffener Spacing; Computation for Beams of Variable 
Depth; Loads and Specifications for Railroad Bridges; Computation of a Half 
T . hr °ugh Single Track Open Floor Plate Girder Bridge; Details and Comparison 
of Weights; Loads for Plate Girder Highway Bridges; Specifications for Plate 
Girder Highway Bridges; Computation for a Plate Girder Highway Bridge; De¬ 
termination of the Deflection of Plate Girders. Steel Viaducts and Elevated Rail¬ 
roads. General. High Viaducts for Railroads; Other Viaducts with X Bracing; 
Viaducts with Special Bracing—Elevated Railroads; Computation of Partial Brac¬ 
ing and of a Select Viaduct. Simple Riveted Truss Bridges. Truss Bridges in 
General; Weights and Economical Dimensions; Forms of Trusses; Sections and 
Joints for Riveted Trusses; Floors for Riveted Truss Bridges; Shoes and Their 
Connections; Bracing; Truss Bridges on Grades, Curves and Skews; Secondary 
Stresses; Loads and Specifications for Truss Bridges; Lattice Girders—Example; 
Pony Trusses—Example; Computation of a Railroad Double Track Deck Bridge. 
Simple Pin-Connected Bridges. General. Forms and Sections of Trusses; 
Splices; The Computation of Pin Joints; Floors and Other Details; Camber; 
Computations; Design of a Pin-Connected Through Highway Span; Design of a 
Single Track Pin-Connected Railroad Bridge. Steel Mill Buildings. General 
Outside Coverings; Roof Trusses; Columns; Bracing; Floors; Cranes; Windows, 
Skylights, Doors and Ventilators; Loads and Specifications; Computations for a 
Steel Frame Mill Building. High Office Buildings. General. Floor Plans; 
Foundations; Columns; Beams; Floors; Roofs; Cornices; Wind Bracing; Ex¬ 
terior Walls; Partitions; Steel Protection; Requirements for Plumbing and Me¬ 
chanical Plant; Specifications; Computations for a High Office Building. Miscel¬ 
laneous Building Work. Steel for Brick Buildings; Theaters; Grandstands; As¬ 
sembly Halls; Railroad Stations; Mine Structures; Miscellaneous Buildings. 
Stand-Pipes and Elevated Tanks. General. Stand-Pipes; Elevated Tanks; Speci¬ 
fications; Design of a Stand-Pipe; Design of an Elevated Tank. 

In Preparation 

Volume TIL Design of Advanced Structures. 

CONTENTS: Cantilever Bridges; Continuous Bridges; Movable Bridges; Sus- 


130 


STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING—MASONR Y 


pension Bridges; Three-Hinged Arches; Two-Hinged Arches; Continuous 
Arches; Miscellaneous Structures of Steel. 

Presents concisely all structural subjects in connection with wooden structures 
and the essential principles of design in steel, usually covered in the courses 
given at technical schools. The fundamental principles of shop practice and 
erection, which govern the engineer in every step, are clearly developed. 
Considerable data, original with the author, are included. 

USBORNE, F. 0 . G. Design of Simple Steel Bridges. 310 ill., 22 tables, 

14 plates, 6x9, 410 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Bending Moments; Definitions Moments of Resistance; Shear; 
Deflection; Solid Beams and Examples; Struts and Ties; Rivet Joints; Rolling 
Loads; Bending Moments, Shear Stresses; Bridge Loads; Plate Girders; Bridge 
Floors; Railways, Roads; Principles of Bridge Design; Plate Girders; Braced 
Girders ; Shop Practice and General Details. 

WALD RAM, P. J. Principles of Structural Mechanics. Treated without 

the use of higher mathematics. 203 ill., 5 34 x 8 * 4 , 395 PP- $ 4.00 
CONTENTS: Leverage and Graphic Statics Force and Reaction; Loads and 
Stresses; Leverage and Turning Moments; Abbreviated Methods of Calculations; 
Logarithms and the Slide Rule; Graphic Statics. Beams nd Girders. Bendirfg 
Moments; Moment of Resistance; Shear; Deflection. Walls and Foundations. 
Retaining Walls and Buttresses; Foundations. Roofs. Graphic Solution of 
Stresses; Methods of Sections; Wind Pressure; Braced Collar and Hammer- 
Beam Roofs; Arches and Domes; Columns and Shoring. 

Deals thoroughly wfith first principles and explains not only the application, 
but also the construction of ordinary formulae that students require for a 
thorough, and practical understanding of structural details. 

WHIPPLE, S. An Elementary and Practical Treatise on Bridge Building. 

Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 75 ill., 6 xq 54 , 360 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Preliminaries; Two, Three, Five and Seven Panel Trusses; 

Trapezodial Trusses; Effects of Weight of Structure; Decussation; Deck Bridges; 
Arch Bridges; Bridge Materials; Iron Bridges; Arch Truss Bridges; Bridges 
with Parallel Chords; Comparison of Various Bridge Plans; Counter Bracing; 
Wooden Bridges; Draw Bridges; Modulus of Strength; Lift Draw Bridges. 


MASONRY 

SPRAGUE, ERNEST H. Stability of Masonry. And other structures sub¬ 
ject to the pressure of earth and water. 92 ill., 3 folding plates, 4^ x 
7 J 4 , 180 pp. ' $2.00 

CONTENTS: Active and Passive Forces; Effect of Cohesion on the Pressure 
of Earth; Pressure of Earth on Retaining Walls—The Wedge Theory; Pressure 
of a Pulverulent Mass; Stability of the Wall; Form and Construction of the 
Wall; Dams and Chimneys; Foundations; Arches under Hydrostatic and Geo¬ 
static Pressure. 

TAYLOR, F. N. Masonry as Applied to Civil Engineering. A practical 

treatise on the design and construction of engineering works in stone 
and heavy concrete. 212 ill., 5J4 x8%, 241 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Stones Used in Constructional Work; Labor on Stones and Gen¬ 
eral Remarks on Masonry; Retaining Walls and Earth Pressures; Dock, Quay, 
River Cana 1 and Sea Walls; Masonry Dams; Masonry Bridges; Masonry ToWers 
and Pillars; Monolithic and Block Concrete Construction; Shoring and Under¬ 
pinning. 

THAYER, HORACE R. Foundations and Masonry. Ill. In Preparation. 



CORROSION AND WATERPROOFING 


ANDES, LOUIS E. Iron. Corrosion, Anti-Fouling and Anti-Corrosive Faints. 

Translated from the German by Charles Salter. Second Edition, Revised 
and Enlarged by H. B. Stocks. 62 ill., 5^ x8^, 308 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Iron Rust and Its Formation; Rust Prevention; 
Ann-Corrosive (Paint-Preventing) Paints; Linseed Varnish and Wood Oil; Pig- 
ments; The Influence of the Proportion of Drying Oil on the* Durability of the 
Pamt; Ihe Preparation of Anti-Corrosive Paints, Paint Mixing and Grinding 
Machines; Anti-Corrosive Paints; Testing Paints; Official Standard Specifica¬ 
tions for Ironwork Paints in Various Countries. 

KEIM, A. W. Prevention of Dampness in Buildings. Translated from the 

Second Revised German Edition. Ill., 514 xyy 2 , 115 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Causes of Dampness and Decay of Masonry; Precautionary Meas- 
ures During Buildmg; Methods for Remedying Dampness and Efflorescence in 
Walls of Old Buildings; Artificial Drying; Permanently Efficient Methods; Cause, 
Origin and Effects of Dry-Rot; Remedies for Dry-Rot and Its Prevention. 

HYDRAULICS AND WATER SUPPLY 

BINNIE, A. B. Rainfall Reservoirs and Water Supply. Illustrated, 56 

plates, 6x9, 170 pp. $4,00 

CONTENTS: Amount, Average and Fluctuations of Rainfall; Probable Average; 
blow from the Ground; Intensity of Floods; Evaporation; Quantity and Rate 
P er Head; Quality. Hardness, etc.; Impurities, Filtration; Sources of Supply; 
gravitation vs. Pumping; Rivers and Pumping Works; Drainage Areas; Deduc¬ 
tions from Ramfall; Compensation; Capacity of Reservoirs; Sites; Puddle 
Trenches; Concrete Trenches; Base of Embankment; Reservoir Embankments; 
Puddle Wall; Formation of Embankment; Masonrv Dams; Reservoir Outlets; 
Pipes Through Embankment; Flow Through Culverts; Valve Pit; Central Stop¬ 
ping; Tunnel Outlets; Syphon Outlets? Flood or Bye-Channel; Waste Water¬ 
course and Waste Weir; Aqueducts; Conduits; Pipes; Service Reservoir; Dis¬ 
tribution; Valves; Meters; House Fittings. 

BODMER, G. R. Hydraulic Motors and Turbines. For the use of engineers, 
manufacturers and students. Third- Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 
With 194 ill., 5 y 2 xSy, 579 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Turbines; General Theory of Reaction Turbines; Loss of Energy 
in; Design of; Impulse Turbines; Rules. Formulas, Numerical Examples: Meas¬ 
urement of the Quantity of Flowing Water; Experiments with Turbines; Amer¬ 
ican Machines; Modern Governors; Recent Developments. 

CHATLEY, HERBERT. How to Use Water Power. Ill., 5 x 7, 92 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Sources of Power; Transmission of Power; Hydraulic Press and 
Its Applications; Water Wheels; Turbines; Pumps; Hydraulic Engines; Tidal 
Power; Water Supply; Sewage Disposal; Dams. 

EKIN, T. C. Water Pipe and Sewer Discharge Diagrams. With tables and 
charts. 8x11. $3.00 

These diagrams and tables with accompanying descriptive letterpress and ex¬ 
amples are. based on Kutter’s formula with a coefficient of roughness of 
0.013 and give the discharges in cubic feet per minute of every inch diameter 
of pipe from 3 to 48 inches when running full on inclinations from 1 to 15 
per 1000. Velocity curves, for every quarter foot, from 2 to 12 feet per 
second are shown on the diagrams, and amongst the tables is one giving a 
series of constants for seven other coefficients of roughness whereby the dis¬ 
charges and diameters of pipes—as found from the diagrams—can, by sim- 




132 


HYDRAULICS AND WATER SUPPLY 


ply multiplying and dividing, be ascertained for any one of these coefficients. 

A diagram and table for finding the discharges and velocities in sewers and 
other pipes when running partially full are included. 

FANNING, J. T. A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic and Water-Supply 
Engineering. Relating to the hydrology, hydro-dynamics and practical 
construction of water-works in North America. Seventeenth Edition, 
Revised , Enlarged , and new tables and illustrations added. 245 ill., 
6^x934, 650 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Quantity of Water Required; Rainfall; Flow of Streams; Storage 
and Evaporation of Water; Supplying Capacity of Water Sheds; Springs and 
Wells; Water Impurities; Well, Spring, Lake and River Supplies; Weight, Pres¬ 
sure and Motion of Water; Flow of Water Through Orifices; Through Short 
Tubes; Through Pipes; Under Pressure; Measuring Weirs and Weir Gauging; 
Flow of Water in Open Channels; Reservoir Embankments and Chambers; Open 
Canals; Partitions and Retaining Walls; Masonry Conduits; Mains and Distribu¬ 
tion Pipes; Systems; Clarification of Water; Pumping of Water; Tank Stand¬ 
pipes; Systems of Water Supply. 

FRANCIS, J. B. Lowell Hydraulic Experiments. Being a selection from 
Experiments on Hydraulic Motors, on the flow of water over weirs, 
in open canals of uniform rectangular section, and through submerged 
orifices and diverging tubes. Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged . 
With additional tables. 23 plates, ioj4 x 12%, 300 pp. $15.00 

CONTENTS: Experiments on Hydraulic Motors. Experiments upon the Tremont 
Turbine; Rules for Proportioning Turbines; Experiments on a Model of a Center- 
Vent Water-Wheel, with Straight Buckets; Experiments upon the Power of a 
Center-Vent Water-Wheel, at the Boott Cotton-Mills; Experiments on the Flow 
of Water over Weirs, and in Short Rectangular Canals. A method of Gauging the 
Flow of Water in Open Canals of Uniform Rectangular Section, and of Short 
Length; Experiments on the Flow of Water Through Submerged Orifices and 
Diverging Tubes; Tables. 

FULLER, G. W. Report on the Investigations into the Purification of the 
Ohio River Water at Louisville, Kentucky. Made to the president and 
directors of the Louisville Water Company. Published under agree¬ 
ment with the directors. 11 full-page plates, 9^4 xi2, 469 pp. $10.00 
CONTENTS: . Composition of Ohio River Water; Chemicals Used by the Several 
Systems of Purification; Operation of the Respective Systems of Purification: 
Composition of Water after Treatment; Jewell Filter; Warren Filter; Western 
Gravity Filter; Western Pressure Filter; Harris Magneto-Electric System; Palmer 
and Brownell Water Purifier; MacDougall Polarite System; Conclusions. 

GIBSON, A. H. Water Hammer in Hydraulic Pipe Lines. 15 illus., 5x7, 

68 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: General Theory of Gradual Closure; Description of Experimental 
Apparatus; Experimental Results; Gradual Opening of a Valve; Application to 
the Theory of Turbine Regulation; Speed Regulation Assuming Uniform Pipe 
Line; Effect of a Stand Pipe on Speed Regulation; Sudden Stoppage of Motion- 
Theory; Valve Closed Suddenly, but Not Instantaneously; Experimental Results; 
Sudden Closure in Non-Uniform Pipe Line; Sudden Opening of a Valve; 
Sudden Opening Neglecting Effect of Elasticity; Further Phenomena Connected 
with Pipe Flow. 

GIBSON, A. H. Hydraulics and Its Application. Second Edition, Revised 
and Enlarged. 310 ill., 6x9, 832 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Physical Properties of Water; Cohesion; Adhesion; Capillarity; 
Surface Tension; Viscosity; Hydrostatics; Pressure Head; Equilibrium of Float- 


HYDRAULICS AND WATER SUPPLY 133 

vL?,° d ! e r .S tr eng t h of Pipes and Cylinders; Modes of Motion of a Fluid; 
Vortices, Critical Velocity; Equations of Motions for a Viscous Fluid; Applica¬ 
nt of Unsteady Motion; Bernonilli’s Theorem; Determination of Coefficients of 
Vdocity, Discharge, and Contraction; Equation of Momentum; Orifices; Weirs; 

^f lctlon j Resistance of Ships; Measurement of Discharge; Relation be- 
tween Diameter and Discharge; Pipe Line Losses; Losses at Valves, etc.; Syphons; 
Flow in Open Channel; Gauging of Flow, in Rivers or Open Channel; Impact of 
Jets on Fixed Vanes; Jet Propulsion; Hydraulic Mining; Rudder Action; 
Hydraulic Prime Movers; Various Water Wheels, Turbines, Classification of 
Governing of Turbine Plants, Stand Pipes, Relays, Gates, and Connections, etc.; 
General Considerations of Turbine Design; Stand Pipe Theory; The Hydraulic 
Engine; Port Areas; Pumping Machinery; Displacement Curves; Variation of 
Pressure in Cylinder; Air Vessels; The Centrifugal Pump; Theory of Action; 
Compound Multiple Chamber High-Lift Pumps; Examples of Designs; Types 
ot Pumps; 1 he Hydraulic Ram; Hydraulic Power Transmission; Water Meters* 
Hydraulic Lifts, Jacks, Cranes, Presses, etc.; Appendix. 

The hydraulic power engineer and the designer of hydraulic machinery will 
find this book of great value. It is divided into three sections, the First deal- 
lng with Hydrostatics and allied problems; the Second with The Motion of 
Water and its flow in pipes and open, channels, also with Ship Propulsion ; 
and the Third with Hydraulic Machinery, including pumps and turbines 
A series of examples have been included at the end of each chapter. 

HARPER, JOSEPH H. Hydraulic Tables for the Flow of Water. In cir¬ 
cular pipes under pressure, timber flumes, open channels, and egg- 
shaped conduits with much accessory information. Ill., 4x6^ leather 
I( 92 pp. ' ’ $2.00 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Flo wage Tables for Circular Pipes, When Running 
S, or ^ nder Pressure; Flowage Pipes for Rectangular Open Channels, or 
F i°™ age T able s for Open Trapezoidal Channels, Ditches and 
w a ^ S p Egg - Sh T d Firs L When Running One-Third Full; Second, 

TVhl^ T ^°' Th ^ rds Pull- and Third When Running Full; Miscellaneous 

ables and Other Data Convenient for Field Service. A more extended discus¬ 
sion of the Formulas used Appendix. Tables comparing the coefficients of 
formulas * nUm ^ er ot ve l° clt -V charts contrasting the action of the various 

MARKS, G. C. Hydraulic Power Engineering. A practical manual on the 
concentration and transmission of power by hydraulic machinery. Sec¬ 
ond Edition. 235 ill. and plates, sHx 8 y. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: Hydraulics; Observed Flow of Water; Hydraulic Pressures; 
Materials, Test Load; Pipe Joints; Packing; Controlling Valves; Platform 
Lifts; Workshop, Foundry, Warehouse and Dock Cranes; Hydraulic Accumu¬ 
lators; Hydraulic Presses, Sheet Metal Working and Forging Machinery; 
Riveters; Hydraulic Pumps; Turbines; Water Wheels; Hydraulic Engines* 
Recent Achievements. 0 ’ 


MOORE, E. C. S. New Tables for the Complete Solution of Ganguillet and 
Kutter’s Formula for the Flow of Liquids in Open Channels, Pipes, 
Sewers and Conduits. In two parts. With a large folding diagram’ 

6 y 2 xgy, 239 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Derivation of the Tabulated Quantities; Application of the Tables; 
List of Values of (w) Used; Tables Arranged for 1080 inclinations from 1 Over 1 
to 1 Over 21.120 For Fifteen Different Values of ( n ) ; Table Arranged For Use 
with Other Values of («.) 

PARKER, P. A. M. The Control of Water. As applied to irrigation, power 
and town water supply purposes. 247 ill., 6% x 9, 1050 pp. ’ $6.00 

CONTENTS: Preliminary Data. General Theory of Hydraulics. Gauging of 




134 HYDRAULICS AND WATER SUPPLY 

Streams and Rivers. Gauging by Weirs. Discharge of Orifices. Collection of Water 
and Flood Discharge. Floods. Dams and Reservoirs. Masonry Dams. Pipe"? 
Open Channels. Filtration and Purification of Water. Problems Connected v 
Town Water Supply. Irrigation. Movable Dams. Hydraulic Machinery 
than Turbines. Water Hammer. Ejectors and Syphons. Air Life and iij 
lie Compressor. Hydraulic Ram. Resistance to Motion of Solid Bodies on V\ < 
Impact of Water on Moving Bodies. Turbines and Centrifugal Pumps. Concr«_i 
Ironwork and Allied Hydraulic Construction. Tables. Graphic Diagrams. 

A manual on hydraulic engineering for practicing engineers engaged in active 
work, based on the experience gained in eighteen years of independent pro¬ 
fessional activity. Covering every branch of hydraulics. The subject of floods 
and their prevention is given special attention. 

PRINCE, GEORGE T. Flow of Water. Tabulated data with explanatory 
notes relating to flow of water under pressure through clean closed 
pipes. Ill., 4x6^4, leather, 154 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Historical Notes; Chezy Formula; Kutter Formula; Value of “n” 
to be Selected with Great Care, etc.; Experimental Value of “n”; D’Arcy For¬ 
mula; Formulas by Merriman, Fanning Gould and D'Arcy Resolved to Form of 
v'=ci/rs; Table No. 1, Average Values of “c” in Above-Mentioned Formulas; 
Exponential Formula, H=imV; Lampe Formula; Table No. 2, Values of ‘‘m” in 
H=mV n , Based Upon Assumed Values of “c” in V=c.</rs and “n” Equals 2: Ex¬ 
perimental Data Relating to Value of “n” in H=mV n ; Plotting Flow-Data by 
Means of Logarithms; Table No. 3, Values of “m” in H—mV n ; Explanation 
of Characters Used in Tables; Diagram D, Showing Geographically Values of 
“c” in V=c/rs When V=4 Feet: Carrying Capacities of Tuberculated Pipe. 
Extend Tables. 

These tables, compiled by the author in connection with his work as chief 
engineer of the Denver Union Water Company, are intented to assist in the 
proper dimensioning of pipe conduits to meet the requirements of varying 
service conditions. The values, computed by five different well known form¬ 
ulas, are given for all sizes of pipe from 4 inches to 120 inches and give 
figures for discharge in cubic feet per second; U. S. gallons per minute; and 
million gallons per 24 hours. The value of c has been determined for each 
size of pipe and slope. 

SCHMEER, L. Flow of Water. A new theory on the motion of water 
under pressure and in open conduits, and its industrial application. 
Ill., 6 % x 9J4, 134 pp. $ 1.50 

Starting with the primary laws of pressure, fall and fluid friction, the laws of 
flow in open and closed conduits are investigated and embodied in a general 
equation expressing all the variations of the Coeff. c. For practical purposes 
exponential equations are deduced from the general formula, and extensive 
tables based on these equations are given. To these are added tables relating 
to weir flow and tables relating to the most economical diameter of a conduit 
under pressure. The treatise aims to instruct in the elementary principles of 
hydraulics, to acquaint the student and investigator with a new theory of flow, 
finding expression in simple laws embodied in pointed formulae, and to give 
the practical man a book of reference, containing useful and precise informa¬ 
tion on all matters relating to flow. 

SPRAGUE, E. H. Hydraulics. A textbook for students and engineers. 89 

iH-> 5 x 7 W x 96 pp. ' $2.00 

CONTENTS: The Principles of Fluid Pressure; Liquids in Motien; Discharge 
Through Orifices, Weirs, etc.; Flow in Pipes and Channels; Pressure of Water 
and Application to Motors; Pumps; Miscellaneous Examples; Useful Data • 
Mathematical Tables. 

TAYLOR, F. N. Small Water Supplies. A practical tratise on the methods 
of collecting, storing and conveying water for domestic use in country 


HYDRAULICS AND WATER SUPPLY 


135 


estates, small villages and farms. 126 ill., 5^x8, 180 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Properties of Water and Sources of Supply. Impurities in Water- 
Tests and Testers. Pollution of Rivers. Sources of Supply: Rivers, Springs, Wells. 
Rain-Water. Dangers of Well-Water. Wells and Well-Sinking. Excavation 
S.temmg. Brickwork. Concrete. Boring. Use of Explosives. Flow of Water 
in Channels and Pipes. Gauging Flow in Small Streams. “ Head.” Formulae 
Sizes of Pipes. Syphons.. Pumping Waters. Hand and Horse Pumps. Hydraulic 
Rams. Deep Well Pump. Plunger Pump. Single, Double and Treble Ram Pumps. 
Typical Examples. High-Speed Pumps. Hatfield Pump with Variable Stroke. 
Centrifugal Pumps. Air-Lift Pumps. Delivery Pipes’ Capacity. Driving Engines. 
Turbines. Windmills. Foundations. Storage and Distribution. Pipe Laying. 
Banks. Masonry Dams. Angle of Repose. Formulae. Reinforced Concrete. 
Water Tanks. Filtration. Pipe Jointing. Specimen Distribution Ariangement. 
Pipes. Appendix. Noises in Water Pipes and Their Causes. Further Notes 
on Abyssinian Tube Pipes. 

THURSO, J. W. Modern Turbine Practice and Water Power Plants. 

Second Edition , Revised. 88 ill., 6^4 x 9p2, 266 pp. $4.00 

CONTENTS: Modern Turbine Practice; Turbine Practice in Europe and America; 
Classification of Turbines; Steam Turbines; Modern Turbine Types and Their 
Construction; Accessories to Turbines; Governors and Speed Regulators; Water 
Power Plants; Water Conductors; Development; British and Metric Measures 
and Values; Elements of Design Favorable to Speed Regulation in Plants Driven 
by Water Fower, by A. V. Garratt. 

TILLMANS, J. Water Purification and Sewage Disposal. Translated by 

' Hugh S. Taylor. 21 ill., 6x9, 169 pp. $ 2.50 

(CONTENTS: Water Purification. Ground, Spring, and Surface Water. Puri- 
'fication of Water for Drinking Purposes on the large Scale. Purification of Drinking 
Water on the Small Scale. Sewage Disposal. Mechanical Purification of Sewage 
Degener’s Coal-Pulp Process. Biological Purification of Sewage. Disposal and Profit 
from the Resulting Residues. Purification of Industrial Sewage. Purification of 
Industrial Sewage in Detail. Disinfection of Sewage. 

This work embodies a critical survey of the work of the German authorities during 
the past few years in developing modern methods for the provision of suitable water 
supplies and the adequate disposal of sewage. The chapter on the disposal of 
industrial sewage should be very interesting. 

WEGMANN, EDWARD. Conveyance and Distribution of Water For Water 
Supply; Aqueducts, Pipe-Lines and Distributing Systems. A practical 
treatise for water-works engineers and superintendents. 367 ill., 8 
plates, 6 y 2 X9J4, 669 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Water Consumption and Hydraulic Formulas. Consumption of 
Water; Flow of Water in A-T^ducts; Flow of Water Through Orifices and 
Pipes. Design and Construction. Wooden Pipes; Cast Iron Pipes; Wrought 
Iron and Steel Pipes; Pipes of Vitrified Stone Ware, Cement and Concrete; 
Stresses in Water Pipes; Flexible Pipre-joints; Submerged Pipes; Gates and 
Valves; Hydrants; Intake Pipes and Tunnels; Aqueducts; Description of Aque¬ 
ducts; Service Reservoirs; Stand-Pipes; Cylindrical Tanks of Wood or Steel; 
Fire Protection; High Pressure Water Systems; Distribution Systems. Main¬ 
tenance and Operation. Service Pipes for Connections; Cleaning Aqueducts and 
Water Mains; Thawing Frozen Pipes and Hydrants; Leakage from Aqueducts, 
Mains, and Service 1 Pipes; Durability of Wooden and Metal Pipes; Electrolysis; 
Tools and Machines for Pipe Work; Detection and Prevention of Waste of 
Water; Pitot Tube Gauging; Water Meters; Recording Instruments. Appendices. 
Standard Specifications of American Water Works Association for “Cast Iron 
Water Pipe and Special Castings,” Hydrants and Valves, “Structural and Boiler 
Steel”; Special Fire Protection for Buildings; Fire Stream Tables Prepared by 
National Board of Fire Underwriters. ' 


136 IRRIGA TION—SE WERA GE 

WESTON, E. B. Tables Showing Loss of Head Due to Friction of Water in 

Pipes. Fifth Edition. 4^x6^, flexible leather, 171 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Table No. 1 : Loss of Head Due to Friction of Water in Pipes 
Having Very Smooth Interior Sides Similar to Lead and Brass Pipes, Including 
a Description, Examples and a Supplemenary Table; Table No. 2: Loss of 
Head Due to Friction of Water in Pipes Having Interior Sides Similar to New 
Cast-Iron Pipes. Including a Description, Examples and Two Supplementary 
Tables. 


IRRIGATION M 

BROWN, H. Irrigation. Its principles and practice as a branch of engi¬ 
neering. Second Edition, Revised. 6y ill., 6^4 x 9/4, 316 pp. Reprinting 
CONTENTS: Irrigation and its Effect; Basin Irrigation; Perennial Irrigation and 
Water “ Duty Sources of Supply; Dams and Reservoirs; Means of Drawing on 
the Supply; Methods of Construction; Means of Distribution; Masonry Works on 
Irrigation Canals; Methods of Distribution of Water, Assessment of Rates, and Admin¬ 
istration; Flood Banks and River Training; Agricultural Operations and Reclamation 
Works; Navigation; Weights and Measures; Formulas and Discharge Measurements; 
Books of Reference. 

MACKENZIE, N. F. Notes on Irrigation Works. A course of lectures 
delivered at Oxford under the auspices of the common university fund. 
Ill., 6 folding plates, 5^4 x 8^4, 119 pp. $2.50 

(Author was under-secretary for irrigation to the Government of India.) 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Statistics required for Preparing an Irrigation Project; 
Types of Weirs; The Development of Irrigation in Egypt since 1884; On the 
Design of Irrigation Channels; Irrigation Revenue and Land Revenue in India. 
Some of the many problems in engineering and economics that have to be 
solved by the irrigation expert are dealt with in this book. The descriptions 
given are almost entirely of examples of irrigation works in India and Egypt, 
as these contain, probably, the most interesting object lessons in modern 
scientific irrigation. 

SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL 

ADAMS, HENRY C. The Sewage of Sea Coast Towns. Ill., 6x9, 142 pp. 

$2.50 

CONTENTS: The Formation of Tides and Currents; Observations of the Rise 
and Fall of Tides; Current Observations; Selection of Site for Outfall Sewer; 
Volume of Sewage; Gauging Flow in Sewers; Rainfall; Storm Water in Sewers; 
Wind and Windmills; The Design of Sea Outfalls; Action of Sea Water on 
Cement; Diving; Discharge of Sea Outfall Sewers; Trigonometrical Surveying; 
Hydrographical Surveying. 

These notes have been confined, as far as possible, to the fundamental prin¬ 
ciples involved, and these have be*en dealt with in such a manner that the 
information may be utilized to suit the exigencies of al 1 cases. 

ADAMS, JULIUS W. Sewers and Drains for Populous Districts. With 
rules and formulae for the determination of their dimensions under all 
circumstances. Ninth Edition. Ill., 6 x 9*4, 228 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction; General Considerations; Physical Outline of the 
District; The Rainfall and Proportion to be Provided For in Sewers; Water 
Supply; Final Disposal of the Sewage; Preparation of Sewerage Plan; Materials 
used in the Construction of Sewers and Their Application; Foundations; Ap¬ 
pendages to Sewers; Street Basins; Tide-Valves and Tank Sewers; Intercepting 
Sewers; Ventilation; Blouse Drainage; Appendices. 




SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL 


137 


RAFTER, G. W., and BAKER, M. N. Sewage Disposal in the United States. 

Third Edition. 116 ill., 7^x1034, 626 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Discussion of Principles ; Preliminary Discussion; Infectious 

Diseases of Animals; On the Pollution of Streams; Self-Purification of Running 
Streams and the Rational View in Relation to the Disposal of Sewage by Dis¬ 
charge into Tide Water; Composition of Sewage Muds; Legal Aspects of the 
Case; Quantity of Sewage and Variation in Rate of Flow; General Data of 
Sewage Disposal; Discharge into Tidal or Other Large Bodies of Water; On 
Nitrification and the Nitrifying Organisms; Chemical Precipitation; Broad Irri¬ 
gation; On Silos and Their Use in Sewage Farming; Intermittent Filtration; 
Sub-Surface Irrigation; Disposal of Manufacturing Wastes; On the Temperature 
of the Air and of Natural Soils, and Its Relation to Sewage Purification by 
Broad Irrigation and Intermittent Filtration; On Beggiatoa Alba and Its Rela¬ 
tion to Sewage Effluents; Effect of the Pollution of Streams by Manufacturing 
Wastes upon the Life of Fish; Descriptions of Works, and Their Location; The 
Use of Sewage for Irrigation in the West; Miscellaneous Plants; Appendices. 

RAIKES, HUGH P. The Design, Construction and Maintenance of Sewage 
Disposal Works. Being a practical guide to modern methods of sewage 
purification. 72 ill., 6x9, 429 pp. $4.00 

CONTENTS: Alternative Method of Treatment and Preliminary Considerations 
Affecting the Design and' Construction of Works; Diffusion in Tidal Waters; 
Irrigation and Land Filtration; Removal of Matters in Suspension by Screening 
and Treatment in Tanks; Chemical Precipitants and the Disposal of Sewage 
Sludge; Filtering Media for Bacteria Bends; Contract Beds and Their Operation; 
Percolating Filters; Alternative Methods of Construction and Working; Distri¬ 
bution Over Percolating Filters; The Separation and Disposal of Storm Water; 
Purification of Trade Wastes; Maintenance and Management of Sewage Disposal 
Works. 

WARING, G. E. Modern Methods of Sewage Disposal for Towns, Public 
Institutions and Isolated Houses. Third Edition, Revised and En¬ 
larged. Ill., 5% x 734, 247 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: What Sewage Is ; End to be Attained; Treatment of Sewage before 
Final Delivery; Discharge into Rivers and Sea; Selection of Method of Disposal; 
Preparation of Sewage for Treatment; Theory of Decomposition; Sewage Irri¬ 
gation, Farming and Filtration; Chemical Treatment; Rights and (Dbligations 
of Riparian Owners; Disposal for Large Institutions and Hotels; Disposal for 
Village and Country Houses. 

WARING, G. E. Sewerage and Land Drainage. Fourth Edition. 29 plates, 
10J4 x 12 %, 405 pp. $ 6 -00 

CONTENTS: The Health Question; Sanitary Drainage and Organic Wastes; 
The System; Depth of Sewers; Cleansing Velocity, Flushing and Capacity; Ven¬ 
tilation of Sewers; Main Outlet and Main Sewers; Preliminary Work of the 
Engineer; Suggestions for Sewerage Committees; Waring’s System of Sewerage; 
Early Work Under the Separate System in America; The Case of Memphis; 
Sewerage Systems of Various Cities in the U. S.; A Triple System for Owens¬ 
boro • Pontzen’s Project for the Sewerage of Havre; Main Sewer of Saratoga 
Springs N. Y.; Buffalo Trunk-Sewer; Surface and Storm Water Drains at 
Dayton; The Use of Sewers by the People; Sewerage in Europe; Sewage-Dis¬ 
posal ; House-Drainage; Drainage in Holland; Land Drainage and the Reclama¬ 
tion of Marsh Lands ; Malaria. 


1 


HOUSE DRAINAGE, HEATING 'AND VENTILATION 


BARKER, A. H. The Theory and Practice of Heating and Ventilation. 

142 ill., 7% x io} 4 , 732 pp. $9.00 

.CONTENTS: Properties of Matter, Motion and Energy; Heat, Air, Water and 
Stream; Flow of Fluids; Hygiene of Ventilation; Means for Moving Air through a 
Room; Movement of Air in a Room; Calculation of Quantities in Ventilation; Fans; 
Transmission of Heat (Theory and Practical Application); Determination of Heat 
Lost from a Room in Practice; Method of Delivering Heat to Rooms; Emission of 
Heat from Radiating Surface; Temperature Maintained in a Building; Combustion 
of Fuel; Boilers; Chimneys and the Control of Draught; Heating and Humidifying 
of Air for Ventilation; Methods of Producing Circulation in Systems of Water Pipes; 
Determination of Pipe Sizes for Hot Water Installations; Simplifications of Calcula¬ 
tions in Practice; Practical Method of Making Exact Calculations of Pipe Sizes; 
Sizes of Pipes for Systems of Accelerated Circulation; Heating by High Pressure Hot 
Water; Flow of Steam in Pipes; Distribution of Heat by Steam at High Pressure; 
Heating by Steam in a Closed System of Pipes; Plenum System; Heating by Fire¬ 
places and Stoves; Testing of Plant for Heating and Ventilation. 

A detailed explanation of the application of scientific principles to the chief 
problems with which the heating engineer has to deal. 

CLARKE, J. W., and SCOTT, WALTER. Plumbing Practice. Vol. I., Prac¬ 
tical Lead-Working and Plumbers’ Materials.. 282 ill., 7^4 x ioj 4 , 297 

PP- $4.00 

CONTENTS: Metals; Manufacture of Lead and Lead Pipes; Hand-Made Pipes; 
Fitting up a Plumber’s Shop; Plumber’s Tools for “Inside” Work; On Setting 
Out Pipe Bends; How to Make Plumbers’ Solder; Cement Used by Plumbers; 
Joint Making; Making Branch Joints; Lead Burning; Lead Burning by Oxy. 
Acetylene Gas Flame; Pipe Fixing; Fixing Bib Blocks; Lining Cisterns with 
Lead, Zinc, Copper and Pewter; Bracing Cistern Sides; Lead Traps Made by 
Plumbers; Bending Copper Tubes; Fixing Iron or Copper Pipes for Hot Water; 
Tools Used in Cast-Iron Pipe Laying; Covering and Lining Coffins with Lead; - 
Fret or Lead-Light Glazing; Siphons, Their Action and Uses in Plumbers’ Work; 
How to Charge a Siphon; Siphon-Action W. C.; Flushing Cisterns; Action of 
the Siphon in Automatic Discharging Cisterns; Causes of Erratic Action in Siphon 
Cisterns; Air-Bound Water Services. 

In Preparation. 

(Vol. II. The Methods of Modern Sanitary Plumbing and Fittings. 

Vol. III. Practical Lead Working on Roofs. 

GERHARD, WM. PAUL. The Sanitation, Water Supply and Sewage Dis¬ 
posal of Country Houses. Second Edition, Revised. 114 ill., sA x 
7 z A> 348 pp- $2.00 

Treats of the general sanitation of country houses, and shows the relation 
of the soil, the subsoil, surface drainage, aspect, surroundings, lighting, heat¬ 
ing and ventilation, water supply, sewage, etc., to a healthful home. Detailed 
advice is given on how to obtain a satisfactory water supply. The sources 
of water, the various modes of raising and storing it and its distribution are 
dwelt on at length. The all-important question of sewage disposal for 
houses not in reach of sewers is taken up carefully, and all the latest develop¬ 
ments in the methods of disposal are given particular attention. Throughout 
the book excellent illustrations accompany all descriptions of examples taken 
from actual practice. 

GRIERSON, R. Some Modern Methods of Ventilation. With special refer¬ 
ence to public buildings. 37 ill., folding plates, 40 tables, 5*4x8, 
19 ° PP- $3.00 

CONTENTS: The General Principles of Ventilation; The Apparatus Employed; 



'HOUSE DRAINAGE, HEATING, VENTILATION 


139 


Considerations to be Observed^ in the Design of the Air Circuit; Ducts and 
Registers; Fans; Air Washing and Humidifying Plant (Filters); Heaters; 
Ozone; Instruments; Guarantees for Complete Installations ; Tests; Motor Drives ; 
Suggested Schedules for Designing Complete Installation; Purchase Specifications; 
The Application of Wet Air Filters to the Cooling of Electrical Machinery. 
Presents in simple and concise form the general principles and practice of 
designing a modern ventilating plant. Theoretical considerations and exhaus¬ 
tive descriptions of apparatus are not exhaustively given, but enough is 
included to enable health authorities, architects, heating, sanitary and electrical 
engineers, when called upon, to design and make specifications of a small but 
complete installation. It will prove helpful also in applying with greater 
efficiency the apparatus now provided by manufacturers. 

HOBART, JAMES F. Soft Soldering, Hard Soldering and Brazing. 

A practical treatise on tools, material and operations; for the use of 
metal workers, plumbers, tinners, mechanics and manufacturers. 62 
ill., 5x7%, 204 pp. $1.25 

CONTENTS: Soldering Tools; Introductory and Explanatory; Tinning Soldering 
Coppers; Solders and Fluxes; Soldering Fluids; Soldering Operations; Difficult 
Operations in Soldering; Wiping Joints; Soldering with Electrically Heated Tools; 
Brazing. 

A comprehensive treatise in plain language on the many phases of soldering and 
brazing, most of which involve a wide range of manipulation. This is an “ experi¬ 
ence book,” giving the result of the author’s observations during a period of long 
practice and experiment. This book should serve mechanics as a practical aid to 
improved methods, and employers alert to the importance of efficiency and 
economy will find much of interest in it. 

THOMSON, GILBERT. Modern Sanitary Engineering. Part I., House 

Drainage, no ill., 6x8%, 283 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Site and Surroundings of the House; General Principles of Drainage 
Design; Materials for Drains; Size of Drains; Gradient of Drains; Drain Flushing; 
Traps, Their Principle, Efficacy, Number and Position; “ Disconnection”; Inter¬ 
cepting and Chambers; Inspection Openings and Manholes; Soil, Waste, and Con¬ 
necting Pipes; Water Closets; Flushing Cisterns and Pipes; Urinals; Baths; Lavatory 
Basins; Sinks, Tubs, etc.; Trap Ventilation; Designing a System of Drainage; 
Buildings of Special Class; Tests and Testing; Sanitary Inspection; Sewage Dis¬ 
posal for Isolated Houses. 

WARING, G. E. How to Drain a House. Practical information for house¬ 
holders. Third Edition, Enlarged. Ill., 5x7, 229 pp. $ 1.25 

CONTENTS: House Drains and Health; Healthfulness of the House; Founda¬ 
tion and Cellar; Foul Drainage; Sewer Gas; Main Line and Main Traps; Fresh 
Air Inlets; Soil Pipe; Ventilating Cowls on Soil Pipes; Traps and trap Ventila¬ 
tion; Non-Siphonic Traps; Plumbing Appliances; Wash-Stands; Water Closets; 
Sinks; Overflows and Stop Cocks; Sewage Disposal 



MATHEMATICS 


GENERAL 

BATES, E. L., and CHARLES WORTH, E. Practical Mathematics and 
Geometry. A textbook for students in technical and trade-schools. 
Three volumes. 554 xy... 

Vol. I. Preliminary Course. Ill., 238 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Some Preliminary Notions and Definitions of Terms Used in 
Geometry. Some Fundamental Constructions and Simple Problems. Intro¬ 
duction to Algebra. Introduction to Vulgar and Decimal Fractions. Meas¬ 
urement of Length, Scales. Superficial and Volumetric Measure. Use of 
Squared Paper. Operations with Vulgar and Decimal Fractions. Duodecimals, 
Angles, Measurement and Construction of. The Circle, Chord and Tangent 
Properties, Constructions. Algebraic Operations. Simple Equations and Evalu¬ 
ation of Formulae. Ratio and Proportion. 

Vol. II. Elementary Course. Ill., 216 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Plane Rectilinear Figures; Right-Angled Triangle; Construction 
of Triangles from Given Data; Construction and Area of Circles; Angle Prop¬ 
erties of Circles; Rectilinear Figures, of More Than Three Sides; Squared Paper; 
Simultaneous Simple Equations, Quadratic and Other Equations; Logarithms; 
Variation; Miscellaneous Problems and Constructions; Equivalent Areas; Loci; 
Surfaces and Volumes of Solids; Plans and Elevations of Simple Figures. 

Vol. III. Advanced Course. 251 ill., 322 pp. $1.50 

CONTENTS: Trigonometry and Applications. Tangential Arcs and Circles. Loci- 
Mensuration. Algebra and Squared Paper. Conic Sections; Parabola, Ellipse, 
Hyperbola. Vectors. Rates of Increase. Descriptive Geometry. Projections of 
Simple Figures. The Plane in Space. Plane Figures in Given Positions. Inter¬ 
secting Planes. Planes and Lines. Plane Sections and Developments. Examina¬ 
tion Papers and Tables. 

BATES, E. L., and CHARLESWORTH, F. Practical Mathematics. A text¬ 
book for students in technical and trade schools, evening classes, and 
for engineers, artisans, draughtsmen, architects, builders, surveyors, 
etc. Comprising a complete course for technical students. 330 ill., 
554x7J4, 525 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction to Algebra, and to Vulgar and Decimal Fractions; 
Measurement of Length. Superficial and Volumetric Measure. Use of Squares 
Paper. Operations with Vulgar and Decimal Fractions. Contracted) Methods. 
Duodecimals. Algebraic Operations; Indices. Simple Equations and Evaluation 
of Formulas. Geometrical Definitions and Fundamental Constructions and Problems. 
Angles, Measurement and Construction of Ratio and Proportion. Logarithms' 
Squared Paper. Plane Rectilinear Figures. Right-Angled Triangle. Construction 
of Triangle from Given Data. Rectilinear Figures of More than Three Sides. The 
Circle. Chord and Tangent Properties and Construction. Surfaces and Volumes 
of Solids. Mensuration of Irregular Figures, etc. Centres of Gravity. Curvature 
Variation. Simultaneous Simple Equations. Quadratic and Cubic Equations’ 
Favors. Binomial Theorem. Miscellaneous Equations and Graphs. Determina¬ 
tions of Laws. Polar Co-ordinates. Approximations. Vectors. Trigonometry 
and Applications. Rates of Increase. Differentiation. Integration. Some Applica¬ 
tions of Integrations. Trignometrical Formula. Miscellaneous Exercises. Exami¬ 
nation Tables. 

FARNSWORTH, P. V. Shop Mathematics. Ill., 5x754, about 200 pp. 

Itt Press 

CONTENTS: Signs, Symbols, Abbreviations; Notation and Numeration; Addi- 



MA THEM A TICS—GENERAL 


T41 


tion, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division; Cancellation and Least Common 
Multiples; Common Fractions; Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division 
of Fractions; Decimal Fractions; Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Divi¬ 
sion of Decimals; Percentage; Weights and Measures; Ratio and Proportion; 
Taper Calculation; Interest; Pulley and Gear Diameters; Square Root, Involu¬ 
tion and Evolution; Cube Root; The Circle; Mensuration and Geometry; Review 
Exercises; Formulas and Algebraic Expressions; Progression; Trigonometry; 
Trigonometrical Functions; Feeds and Speeds; Cost Calculation; Levers; Pulleys; 
Screws; Inclined Planes; Wedges; Gearing Definitions; Spur Gearing; Bevel 
Gearing; Worm Gearing; Spiral Gearing; Review Exercises; Dovetail Slides; 
Screw Threads; Lathe Change Gears; Indexing (Simple, Compound, Differential 
and Angular) ; Spiral Milling; Friction; Electricity; YVork, Power and the Steam 
Engine; Strength and Proportions of Gear Teeth; Resolution of Forces; Falling 
Bodies; Centrifugal Force; Plorse Power of Belting; Length of Belting; Rope 
Drives; Cable or Rope; Wire Rope Drives; Chain Transmission; Shaft Design; 
Bearing Design; Ball Bearing Design; Center of Gravity; Radius of Gyration 
and Moment of Inertia; Graphical Charts; Strength of Materials; Pipe, Springs, 
Cylinders; Riveted Joints; Logarithms; Heat; Metal Cutting; Force, Work, 
Energy and Momentum; Force; Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams; Pendu¬ 
lum ; Cam Design; Review Exercises; Appendix. 

HOWE, GEORGE. Mathematics for the Practical Man. Showing simply 
and quickly all the elements of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, loga¬ 
rithms, co-ordinate geometry and calculus. Third Edition, Corrected, 
with a Supplement, Giving the Answers to Problems. 42 ill., 5J 4 x 7^5, 
143 PP- $1.50 

CONTENTS: Fundamentals, of Algebra. Addition and Subtraction. Multipli¬ 
cation and Division. Factoring. Involution and Evolution. Simple Equations. 
Simultaneous Equations. Quadratic Equations. Variation. Some Elements of 
Geometry. Elementary Principles of Trigonometry. Logarithms. Elementary 
Principles of Coordinate Geometry. Elementary Principles of the Calculus. Answers 
to Problems. 

Essentially a book for home study, so simple that the beginner can readily under¬ 
stand it, and yet thorough enough for the trained worker to find it useful. With¬ 
out a teacher, any earnest student can gain enough knowledge of the fun- 
mentals of mathematics to be able to understand works on engineering and to make 
engineering calculations intelligently. It should make a good text-book for a short 
course in general mathematics in night schools, giving engineering instructions. 
Engineers will find in this volume a handy reference manual on the broad general 
phases of mathematics which so easily slip from the memory when not constantly 
used. Backward students can study from it when making up back work or 
preparing for examinations. It will save time usually taken up wading through 
a mass of unnecessary material because it gives only the fundamentals, and these 
are what are needed. In this work will be found a general course in mathematics 
such as is covered by the college entrance ^examinations. High school students 
could use this book to good advantage. 

KNOTT, C. G., and MACKAY, J. S. Practical Mathematics. With examples, 
figures and diagrams. New Edition. Ill., 5640 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Descriptive Geometry; Logarithms; Lines of the Sector; Plane 
Trigonometry; Mensuration of Heights, Distances, Surfaces, Solids and Conic 
Sections, Land Surveying; Regular Solids; Cylindric Rings; Spindles; Ungulas; 
Irregular Solids; Slide Rule; Timber; Relations of Weight and Volume; Arched 
Roofs; Gauging; Levelling; Strength of Materials; Projectiles and Gunnery; 
Projections; Spherical Trigonometry; Astronomical Bodies; Navigation; Maps 
and Charts; Geodetic Surveying; Curve Tracing; # Tables. Logarithm and Other. 

LICKS, H. E. Recreations in Mathematics. 60 ill., 5 x 7 , 165 pp. $1.50 

CONTENTS: Arithmetic; Algebra; Geometry; Trigonometry; Analytic Geom¬ 
etry ; Calculus; Astronomy and the Calendar; Mechanics and Physics; Appendix. 
A large number of interesting problems in mathematics which might be con- 


142 


ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, TRIGONOMETRY 


sidered trick problems are presented to afford recreation for an idle hour 
and to incite the interest of young students in further mathematical inquiries. 

The book is really a curio collection of mathematical stunts. 

SPRAGUE, ERNEST H. Elementary Mathematics for Engineers, ioi ill., 

4 Va x 7 / 4 , 2 3 6 PP- $ 2.00 

(Author is Associate Member Institute of Civil Engineers.) 

CONTENTS: Arithmetical Operations; Algebra; Plane Trigonometry; Mensura¬ 
tion; Spherical Trigonometry; Algebraic Geometry; The Differential Calculus; 
The Integral Calculus; Mathematical Data and Formuke, Tables, Metric Equiva¬ 
lents ; Additional Examples. 

WYNNE, W. E., and SPRARAGEN, W. Handbook of Engineering Mathe¬ 
matics. With an introduction by Prof. Ernest J. Berg. 113 ill., 4^ x 7, 
leather, 230 pp. 

CONTENTS: Algebra; Geometry; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigonom¬ 
etry ; Plane Analytic Geometry; Solid Analytic Geometry; Calculus; Hyperbolic 
Functions; Differential Equations; Theoretical Mechanics; Hydraulics; Flow of 
Fluids; Electricity; Measurement; Physical and Chemical Constants; Tables. 
Endeavors to supply a handy means of reference to the theoretical and 
applied mathematics used in engineering, and while the first aim has been to 
make a mathematical handbook, the book is of greater value because it in¬ 
cludes the underlying engineering data and applications as well as the mathe- 
mahcal formulae. It is intended primarily for students in engineering schools 
and colleges, and should serve practicing engineers as a convenient reminder of 
things which are easily forgotten but are needed in their work. 


ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY 

BATES, E. L., and CHARLESWORTH, F. Practical Geometry and Graphics. 

A textbook for students in technical and trade schools, evening classes, 
and for engineers, artisans, draughtsmen, architects, builders, sur¬ 
veyors, etc. 600 ill., sy 4 x7J4, 630 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Plane Geometry. Some Preliminary Notions and Definitions of 
Terms used in Geometry. Some Fundamental Constructions and Simple Problems. 
Measurement of Length; Scales. Angles, Measurement and Construction of Plane 
Rectilinear Figures. Right-Angled Triangle. Construction of Triangle from Given 
Data. Rectilinear Figures of More than Three Sides. The Circle. Chord and 
Tangent Properties. Constructions and Areas of Circles. Angle Properties of Circles. 
Areas of Curvilinear Figures. Equivalent Areas. Tangental Arcs of Circles. Mis¬ 
cellaneous Problems and Constructions. Loci. Conic Sections. Parabola, Ellipse 
Hyperbola. -Surfaces and Volumes of Solids. Graphics. Graphical Algebra. Use 
of Squared Paper. Vectors. Graphic Determination of Stresses in Braced Struc¬ 
tures. Moments. Kinematical Diagrams, Simple Harmonic Motions. Momentum 
Scalar and Vector Products. .Descriptive Geometry. Projection of Simple Figures. 
The Plane in Space. Figures in Given Positions. Intersecting Planes. Planes and 
Lines. Plane Sections and Developments of Surfaces. Interpenetration of Solids. 
Shadows. Contours. Trihedral Angles, and Pictorial Projection. Examination 
Paper and Tables, 1912. 

REDGROVE, H. STANLEY. Experimental Mensuration. An elementary 

textbook of inductive geometry. 212 ill., 5^x714, 346 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Geometrical fundamentals; Measurement of Length; Measure¬ 
ment and Properties of Angles; Rectangles and Parallels; Measurement of Area; 
Construction and Properties of Triangles; Areas of Parallelograms and Tri- 
angles; Construction and Mensuration of Polygons; Mensuration of the Circle 
and Ellipse; Some Geometrical Properties of the Circle; Mensuration of Prisms 




'ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY—CALCULUS 143 

and Cylinders; Measurement of Volume; Theorem of Pythagoras and Its Applica¬ 
tions; Proportion; Drawing to Scale; Mensuration of Pyramids and Other Solids; 
Mensuration of Irregular Figures; Trigonometrical Solution of Triangles; Duo¬ 
decimals; Trigonometrical Tables; Answers to Numerical Exercises. 

°. s ,° . t “ e geometrical problems are presented in the form of experiments 
and their technical application pointed out. Geometry is presented not for 
mental training it affords, but because of its use in engineering calculations. 


ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS 

ANDREWS, E. S., and HEYWOOD, H. B. The Calculus for Engineers. 

102 ill., 43/4 x yy 2 , 284 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Graphical Treatment; Laws Expressed Symbolically; Systematic 
Differentiation; Applications and Developments of Differentiation; Systematic 
Integration, and Its Applications and Developments; Partial Differentiation; Dif¬ 
ferential Equations; Further Geometrical Applications and Special Curves; Math¬ 
ematical Tables; Appendix. 

BLAINE, ROBERT G. The Calculus and Its Applications. A practical 
treatise for beginners, especially engineering students. 79 ill., 534 x j l / 2 . 
330 pp. ' $ 1.75 

This work is the outcome of many years’ experience on the part of the author 
in teaching this subject to students whose mathematical knowledge is very 
limited. In it the difficulties which beset the beginner are fully explained, 
and the principles of the differential and integral calculus, and differential 
equations, are clearly set forth in the simplest language; each rule being 
illustrated by practical examples. Applications of the calculus to problems 
in engineering and physics form a feature of the work, which concludes with 
an up-to-date chapter on Harmonic Analysis, of special interest to electrical 
engineers and students of electro-technics. 

BOWSER, E. A. An Elementary Treatise on Analytic Geometry. Embrac¬ 
ing plane geometry, and an introduction to geometry of three dimen¬ 
sions. Twenty-fourth Edition. 117 ill., 5^x7^, 319 pp. $ 1.75 

CONTENTS: Analytic Geometry of Two Dimensions; The Point; The Right 
Line; Transformation of Co-ordinates; The Circle; The Parabola; The Ellipse; 
The Hyperbola; General Equation of the Second Degree; Higher Plane Curves; 
Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions ; The Point; The Right Line; The Plane; 
Surfaces of Revolution. 

BOWSER, E. A. An Elementary Treatise on the Differential and Integral 
Calculus. With numerous examples. Twenty-third Edition. En¬ 
larged by 640 additional examples. 58 ill., 5 % xjy 2 , 465 pp. $ 2.25 
CONTENTS: First Principles; Differentiation of Algebraic and Transcendental 
Functions; Trigonometric Functions; Circular Functions; Limits; Derived Func¬ 
tions ; Successive Differentials and Derivatives; Development of Functions; Evalua¬ 
tion of Indeterminate Forms; Functions of Two or More Variables; Change of 
Independent Variable: Maxima and Minima; Tangents, Normals. Asvmptotes; 
Direction of Curvature; Singular Points; Tracing of Curves; Radius of Curva¬ 
ture; Evolutes and Involutes; Envelopes: Elementary Forms of Integration; Inte¬ 
gration of Rational Fractions; Integration of Irrational Functions by Rationaliza¬ 
tion; By Successive Reduction; By Series; Lengths of Curves; Areas of Plane 
Curves and Curved Surfaces; Volumes of Solids. 

CAIN. W. Brief Course in the Calculus. With figures and diagrams. 

Second Edition , Revised. 63 ill., 5*4 x8, 290 pp. $ 1.75 

"NTENTS: Graphs; Asymptotes; Algebraic and Transcendental Functions; 

Conic Sections; Limits; Derivatives; Continuity; Rates; Tangent and Normal; 



144 


ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY—CALCULUS 


Differentiation of Transcendental Functions; Higher Derivatives; Derived Curves; 
Applications to Mechanics; Infinite Series; Taylor’s Theorem; Expansion of Func¬ 
tions; Maxima and Minima; Differentials; Area and Volume; Integration; Arcs 
and Curves; Center of Mass; Moment of Inertia; Singular Forms; Partial 
Differentiation. 


GOULD, E. S. A Primer of the Calculus. Fifth Edition, Revised and En¬ 
larged. Ill, 324 x 6 , boards, 122 pp. (Van Nostrand Science Series, 
No. 112.) $ 0.75 

CONTENTS: Differential Calculus; Integral Calculus; Applications of the Dif¬ 
ferential Calculus; Maxima and Minima; Applications of the Integral Calculus; 
Applications of the Differential and Integral Calculus Combined; Miscellaneous 
Applications; Limitations of the Calculus, and Difficulties Presented by the Con¬ 
ception upon which it is Based; Additional Examples. 


HALL, W. S. Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus. Sixth 

Edition, Revised. Ill., 6x9, 261 pp. $2.75 

CONTENTS: First Principles; Differentiation of Algebraic and Transcendental 
Functions; Differentials; Integration; Successive Differentiation and Integration; 
Applications in Mechanics; Functions of Variables; Development of Functions; 
Evaluation of Indeterminate Forms; Maxima and Minima; Tangents, Normals 
and Asymptotes; Curvature; Evolutes and Involutes; Envelopes; Singular Points; 
Integration of Rational and Irrational Fractions; Integration by Parts and by Suc¬ 
cessive Reduction; Integration of Transcendental Functions; Integration by Series ; 
Integration as a Summation; Areas and Lengths of Plane Curves; Surfaces and 
-XPJ. 1111168 .°f Solids; Center of Mass; Moment of Inertia; Properties of Guldin; 
Differential Equations. 


KELLER, S. S., and KNOX, W. F. Analytical Geometry and Calculus. 

Second Edition. Ill., half leather, 359 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Analytical Geometry; The Polar System: Loci; The Straight Line; 
Transformation of Co-ordinates; The Circle; Tangents and Normals; Parabola; 
Ellipse; Hyperbola; Higher Plane Curves; Elementary Calculus; Fundamental 
Principles; Differentiation; Integration Tangents; Subtangents, Normals and Sub- 
’ Successive Differentiation; Evolution of Indeterminate Forms* Maxima 
and Minima; Derivatives of Arcs; Areas, Volume, etc.; Bending and Curvature; 

MomemTf In S erL SUmmatl ° n; Integration Parts ; Trigonometric Integrals; 


SCHMALL, C. N. First Course in Analytical Geometry. Plane and Solid 

with examples. 180 ill., 5% x8%, half leather, 328 pp. $1.75 

CONTENTS: Plane Geometry; Co-ordinates; The Point; Locus of an Equation- 
Equation of a Locus; The Straight Line; The Circle; Transformation Q of Co- 

Fauahon * o^the^S^ 0 Elhp ??* ; The Hyperbola; Confocal Conics; General 

Pobft T^ f pi h Se £? n d Degree; Higher Plane Curves; Solid Geometry; The 
Point, The Plane, The Straight Line; Surfaces; Surfaces of Revolution. 

SCHMALL, CHAS. N., and SHACK. S. M. Elements of Plane Geometry 

With numerous exercises. 355 ill., s y 2 x 8, 238 pp. $ 1.25 

CONTENTS: Preliminary Definitions; General Terms; Axioms; Angles* Meas¬ 
urement of Angles; Equality of Magnitudes; Symbols and Abbreviations * Per¬ 
pendicular and Oblique Lines; Triangles: Quadrilaterals; Polygons* Svmmetrv • 

of Con^rtv a Tr m T ent: Th f eor y Limits ; Fundamental Theorem ^ Problems 
l C c f r 111 T !? e L ? CU j °1 a . Pomt * Proportion and Similar Polygons* Divi- 
sions of a Line; Area and Equivalence; Problems of Computation * Areas of 
Polyglons and Circles; Maxima and Minima; Appendix 


HIGHER MATHEMATICS 


145 


THOMAS, ROBERT G. Applied Calculus, Principles and Applications. 

Essentials for students and engineers. 166 ill., 5 x 754, flexible fabri- 
koid, 506 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Differential Calculus. Function, Differentials, Rates; Differentia¬ 
tion, Derivatives, Limits; Algebraic Functions; Logarithmic and Exponential 
Functions; Trigonometric Functions; Inverse Trigonometric Functions; Suc¬ 
cessive Differentiation, Acceleration, Curvilinear Motion; Geometrical and Me¬ 
chanical Applications; Maxima and Minima. Inflexion Points; Curvature; Evo- 
lutes; Change of the Independent Variable, Functions of Two or More Variables. 
Integral Calculus. Integration, Standard Forms; Definite Integrals, Areas; In¬ 
tegral Curves, Lengths of Curves, Curve of a Flexible Cord; Integration as the 
Limit of a Sum, Surfaces and Volumes; Successive Integration, Multiple Inte¬ 
grals, Surfaces and Volumes; Moment of Inertia, Center of Gravity; Applica¬ 
tions, Pressure, Stress, Attraction; Infinite Series. Integration by Series; Tay¬ 
lor’s Theorem; Expansion of Functions, Indeterminate Forms; Differential 
Equations, Applications, Central Forces. 

WANSBROUGH, W. D. The A B C of the Differential Calculus. Second 
Edition. Ill., 30 figures, 5* 4 x 7 / 4 , 160 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: The Differential Coefficient; Limit; Differentiation; Rules for Dif¬ 
ferentiation; Successive Differentiation; The Differential Coefficient as the Tangent 
to a Curve; Uniform and Variable Velocity; Maxima and Minima. 

HIGHER MATHEMATICS 

BAKER, ARTHUR L. Quaternions as the Result of Algebraic Operations. 

39 ill., 554x7, 100 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Mathematical Operations Upon Discrete Magnitudes. Idio- 

graphs. Multiplication of Unit Vectors. Quaternions. Kinds of Quaternions. 
Quaternion Operators. Products of Quaternions. Versors. Interpretation 
/of Vector Equations. Quaternion Equations of the First Degree. AppSIcations 
\of <f>. Appendix: Functional Symbols. 

Beginners in the subject of Quaternions are generally bewildered by the arbi¬ 
trary manner in which the subject is usually developed. They are forcibly 
introduced into a new domain where the familiar rules of combination of 
symbols are not valid. New magnitudes are arbitrarily assumed, subject to 
arbitrary rules. He finds the logic consistent with the results concordant 
with those of his previous courses, but he hardly knows why. He is in a 
new country, safe, but thoroughiy and bewilderingly uncertain as to how he 
got there. In the attempt to avoid this uncertain journey, to lead the 
student from the known to the unknown by familiar steps, such that require 
no arbitrary limitations of former laws, but merely their adaptation to new 
circumstances, these class notes are presented in their present shape. 

GUNTHER, C. 0 . Integration by Trigonometric and Imaginary Substitution. 

■With an introduction by J. Burkitt Webb. Second Edition, Corrected. 
Ill., 554 x8, 85 pp. $ 1.50 

(Author is professor of mathematics at Stevens Institute of Technology.) 
CONTENTS: Imaginary Quantities; Exponentials; Explanation of Figures and 
Tables; Analytical Trigonometry; Interrelations; Integration; Classification; Tri¬ 
gonometric Differentials; Rationalization by Trigonometric Substitution; Answers 
to Examples. 

HIIL, M. J. M. The Theory of Proportion. Ill., x 8)4, 128 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Magnitudes of the Same Kind; Propositions Relating to Magnitudes 
and Their Multiples: Relations between Multiples of the Same Magnitude; Com¬ 
mensurable Magnitudes; Magnitudes of the Same Kind Which Are Not Multiples 
of the Same Magnitude; Incommensurable Magnitudes; Extension of the Idea of 



146 


LOGARITHMS—SLIDE RULE 


\ 

Number; On the Ratios of Magnitudes which have no Common Measure; Proper¬ 
ties of Equal Ratios; First, Second and Third Groups of Propositions; Geometri¬ 
cal Applications of Stolz’ Theorem; Further Remarks on Irrational Numbers; 
Existence of the Fourth Proportional; Commentary on the Fifth Book of Euclid's 
Elements. 

PEIRCE, BENJAMIN. Linear Associative Algebra. 9^2 x 12, 133 pp. $ 2.50 

A reprint from the American Journal of Mathematics of 1882 of a paper 
issued in 1870 by the author on pure mathematics carrying algebra beyond 
quaternions to what might be called sextuple algebra, or an algebra of six 
letters just as quaternions is one of four letters. 

RICE, J. M., and JOHNSON, W. W. On a New Method of Obtaining the 
Differential of Functions. With especial reference to the Newtonian 
conception of rates or velocities. 5 x'7, paper, 32 pp. $ 0.50 

CONTENTS: The Newtonian Method of Fluxions; Proposed Method of Treating 
the Differential Calculus; Algebraic Functions; Transcendental Functions. 

1 . 

LOGARITHMS AND SLIDE RULE 

CARY, E. R. Solution of Railroad Problems by the Slide Rule. 43 > 11 ., 

4 x6,146 pp. $1.00 

(Author is professor of Railroad Engineering and Geodesy in Rensselaer Poly¬ 
technic Institute Troy, N. Y.) 

CONTENTS: The Slide Rule. Simple Curves. Compound Curves. Vertical 
Curves. Turnouts. The Easement Curve. Earthwork. Problems. Diagrams. 
Tables. 

CHAMBERS’ Mathematical Tables, Consisting of Logarithms of Numbers 1 
to 108 , 000 , Trigonometrical, Nautical and other Tables. Edited by 
James Pryde. New Edition. 5 24 x 8 , cloth, 496 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Tables of: Logarithms of Numbers; Logarithmic Sines, Tangents 
and Secants; Circular Measure of Angles; Natural Sines, Cosines, Versed Sines, 
Chords, etc.; Natural Tangents; Natural Secants; Traverse Tables; Diurnal and 
Ternary Proportional Logarithms; Meridional Parts; Amplitudes; Reduction of 
Degrees to Time; Reduction of Time to Degrees; 'Quarter Squares, Nos. 1 to 5100; 
Conversion of the Different Thermometric Scales and many others. 

CHAPPELL, E. Five Figure Mathematical Tables. 6x9, 340 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Logs of numbers from 1 to 40,000; Cologs of numbers from 1 to 
40,000; Antilogs or numbers from .0000 to .9999; Logs of the Logs (Lologs) of 
Numbers from 0.00100 to 1.000; Antilologs of Numbers from 6.0 to 0.50000; Trig¬ 
onometrical functions and their logs. 

This work is notable for the exceptionally elaborate tables of cologs and 
antilogs and for the unique tables of lologs (logs of logs of numbers) and 
antilologs. The table of cologs permits of the elimination of even subtraction 
in most cases so that arithmetical calculation may be performed to a very 
considerable extent by the one operation of addition. The table is of unusual 
i elaboration, permitting of an accuracy corresponding to that obtainable by 
use of the five place tables, and is not of the customary abridged and prac¬ 
tically useless variety. The tables of lologs and antilologs permit the most 
intricate arithmetical processes of involution and evolution to be performed 
as ordinary logarithmic processes, viz., by addition and subtraction only. 

The log and trigonometrical tables are so arranged as to be more convenient 
to use than any five-place tables hitherto published. 

HALSEY, F. A. The Use of the Slide Rule. Fourth Edition, Revised and 
Enlarged. 18 ill., 7 folding plates, 324 x 6 , boards, 96 pp. (Van 
Nostrand’s Science Series, No. 114) $ 0.75 

CONTENTS: Principle of the Slide Rule; Mechanical Addition; Multiplication; 



LOGARITHMS—SLIDE RULE 


14 7 


Multiplication of Mixed Numbers; Finding the Decimal Point; Division; Multi¬ 
plying by Vulgar Fractions; The Runner; Reducing Vulgar Fractions to Deci¬ 
mals ; Squares and Square Roots; Areas of Circles; Slide Rule Formulas; Gage 
Points; The Inverted Slide; The Circular Slide Rule; Extended Scale Instru¬ 
ments; Special Slide Rules; Some Special Forms of Computers; Calculating Cone 
Pulleys and Back Gearing Ratios. 

KNOTT, C. G. Four-Figure Mathematical Tables. 5x7^, 24 pp. $0.25 

PICKWORTH, C. N. Logarithms for Beginners. Third Edition. 5 

58 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Preliminary Notes and Definitions; Logarithms; Calculation by 
Logarithms; The Four Rules; Tables of Logarithms; Antilogarithms; Tables of 
Antilogarithms; Calculations Involving Negative Characteristics; Examples in 
Logarithmic Computation; Higher Power Tables of Common Logarithms; Log¬ 
arithms of Reciprocals; Logarithms to Bases Other than 10; Hyperbolic Log¬ 
arithms; Tabular Logarithms of Trigonometrical Ratios; Answers; Tables; Four- 
Figure Logarithms; Logarithms of Useful Factors; Antilogarithms. 

PICKWORTH, CHARLES N. The Slide Rule. A practical manual. Twelfth 
Edition. 34 ill., 5x7^, 118 pp. $1.50 

Describes the principle on which the slide rule operates, with detailed instruc¬ 
tions for making the various kinds of calculations possible on it. 

Pocket Logarithms, to Four Places of Decimals, including Logarithms of 
Numbers, and Logarithmic Sines and Tangents to Single Minutes; 
and Natural Sines, Tangents and Cotangents. 3 24 x 6, boards, 140 pp. 
(Van Nostrand Science Series, No. 65.) $0.75 

VEGA, VON, BARON. Logarithmic Tables of Numbers and Trigonometrical 
Functions. Translated from the Fortieth, or Dr. Bremiker’s Thor¬ 
oughly Revised and Enlarged Edition, by W. L. F. Fischer. Eighty- 
first Edition. 6x9, 603 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Briggs or Common Logarithms of the Natural Numbers from 1 to 
100,000; Logarithms of the Sines and Tangents from Second to Second; Log¬ 
arithms of the Trigonometrical Functions from Ten to Ten Seconds; Table for the 
Conversion of Sidereal Time into Mean Time and Mean Time into Sidereal Time; 
Tables of Refraction; Constants. 


nECHANICAL ENGINEERING 

MECHANICS 


BOWSER, E. A. An Elementary Treatise on Hydromechanics. With 

numerous examples. Sixth Edition. 84 ill., 5x734, 308 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Equilibrium and Pressure of Fluids; Equilibrium of Floating Bodies; 
Specific Gravity; Equilibrium and Pressure of Gases; Elastic Fluids; Motion Of 
Liquids; Efflux; Resistance and Work of Liquids; Motion of Water in Pipes and 
Open Channels; Motion of Elastic Fluids; Hydrostatic and Hydraulic Machines. 

BOWSER, E. A. An Elementary Treatise on Analytic Mechanics. With 

examples. Twenty-third Edition. 102 ill., 5)4 x 7%, 525 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: First Principles; Composition and Resolution of Concurring Forces; 
Conditions of Equilibrium; Composition and Resolution of Forces Acting on a 
Rigid Body; Center of Gravity; Friction; Principle of Virtual Velocities; Ma¬ 
chines; The Funicular Polygon; The Catenary; Attraction; Kinematics ; Recti¬ 
linear Motion; Curvilinear Motion; Kinetics; Laws of Motion; Central Forces; 
Constrained Motion; Impact; Work and Energy; Moment of Inertia; Rotatory 
Motion; Motion of a System of Rigid Bodies in Space. 

CATHCART, W. L., and CHAFFEE, J. I. The Elements of Graphic Statics 
and of General Graphic Methods. 159 ill., 6x9, 318 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Giaphic Arithmetic. Graphic Measurement of Areas. Forces: 
Concurrent, Non-concurrent, Non-parallel. Parallel Forces. Couples. Centre 
of Gravity. Moments. Fundamental Theory of Beams. Roof Trusses. 
Braced Cantilevers. Bridge Trusses, Plate Girders. Graphics of Friction! 
Moment Diagrams of Shafting. 

An extension of a course of lectures prepared jointly by the authors for 
students of marine^ and mechanical engineering and naval architecture, in 
their classes at Webb’s Academy and Columbia University. Graphical 
methods have had their widest application in the analysis of the stresses in 
stationary structures, and, therefore, the majority of the text-books on this 
subject have been written for the use of students of civil engineering. To 
meet the needs of the authors’ classes and of mechanical and marine engineers 
in general, treatment of a wider range is essential, and this |book gives a 
brief review of the fundamental principles of graphics and of their applica¬ 
tion to beams, trusses, and the elements of mechanism. The discussion of 
methods has been very fully illustrated by diagrams, occasional references 
have been furnished to sources of additional information, numerous problems 
have been assigned to test the students’ knowledge of the subject, and, wher¬ 
ever necessary, brief explanations of the fundamental principles of mechanics 
and of strength of material have been given. 

CATHCART, W. L., and CHAFFEE, J. I. A Short Course in Graphic Statics 
for Students of Mechanical Engineering. 58 ill., 5%x7%, 190 pp. 

$1.50 

CONTENTS: “ Force and Equilibrium Polygons. Trusses: Stress: Diagrams. 
Stationary Loads: Shears and Moments. Live Loads: Shears and Moments. 
Center of Gravity: Moment of Inertia. Friction. 

Aims to provide students of mechanical engineering with a brief course in graphic 
statics that will serve when the time to be devoted to the subject is short. The 
treatment has been restricted mainly to the properties and uses of the force 
and equilibrium polygons as being sufficient for the'solution of most of the problems 
met in practice by mechanical engineers. 

DADOTJRIAN, H. M. Analytical Mechanics for Students of Physics and 

Engineering. Second Edition , Revised and Enlarged. 300 diagrams, 

654x9%, 446 pp. ' $3.00 

(Author is instructor in physics in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University.) 



MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 


149 


CONTENTS: Table of Notations. Introduction; Addition and Resolution of 
Vectors; Equilibrium of a Particle; Equilibrium of a Rigid Body; Equilibrium of 
Framed Structures; Graphic Statics; Equilibrium of Flexible Cords; Motion; 
M( tion of a Particle; Center of a Mass and Moment of Inertia; Work; Energy; 
Fields of Force and Newtonian Potential; Motion of a System of Particles; 
Uniplanar Motion of a Rigid Body; Impulse and Momentum; Angular Impulse 
and Angular Momentum; Motion of a Particle in a Central Field of Force; 
Periodic Motion; Appendix. Table of Units and Their Equivalents; Note on 
the Older of Working Out Problems; Mathematical Formulas; Mathematical 
Tables. 

Aims to present the subject in such a manner as to enable students to acquire a firm 
grasp of the fundamental principles of Mechanics and to apply them to problems 
with the minimum amount of mental effort without, however, reducing the book 
to a collection of rules, mnemonic forms and formulas. This new edition was 
entirely revised and much enlarged by the addition of much new text and 
illustrative matter. 

DADOURIAN, H. M. Graphic Statics and a General Method For Working 
on Problems in Mechanics. Ill., 6x9, boards, 50 pp. $ 0.75 

The fourth chapter of the second edition of Dadourian’s “Analytical Me¬ 
chanics” is reprinted in this volume as a separate book, in order to satisfy the 
needs of classes in Graphic Statics and the Equilibrium of Framed Structures. 

The book contains “A General Method for Working on Problems in Me¬ 
chanics” and also a table of logarithms, 

HANCOCK, H. Text-book of Mechanics and Hydrostatics. 5O0 ill., 5x7^, 
415 pp. ? 1 ; 50 

CONTENTS: Motion ; Velocity and Acceleration ; Relative and Angular Velocity ; 
Mass; Force; Weight; Motion Under Gravity and on Smooth Planes; Inertia 
and fhe Laws of Motion; Force and Forces; Moments and Couples; Mass Center 
and Center of Gravity; Equilibrium; Hinges; Friction; Energy and Work Ex¬ 
amples ; Machines ; Fluid Pressure ; Specific Gravity ; Flotation and Equilibrium ; 
Pressure of Gases; Instruments; Appendices. 

HECK, ROBERT C. H. Notes on Elementary Kinematics. 57 ill., 6x9, 
boards, 62 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction. The Crossed Slider-crank: Harmonic Motion. 

The Engine Mechanism. The Offset Stroke-line. Distorted Harmonic Motion. 
Valve Diagrams. Velocity Relations. Velocity Diagrams. Quick-return 
Motions. Reducing Motions. Gear-tooth Profiles. Directions and Data for 
Drawing Problems. 

Aims to lay out a simple, practical course, not covering a very wide ra pge 
of mechanism, but to set forth the best and clearest methods of work. The 
kinematics of more complex linkages and of higher-pair mechanism—cams, 
non-circular wheels, and the like—is entirely deferred, except for a brief study 
of the standard gear-tooth profiles. 

HECK, ROBERT C. H. Notes on the Graphics of Machine Forces. 39 ill., 
6x9, boards, 48 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: General Conditions of Problems.Jp/Force Diagram Constructions- 
The Action of Friction. Journal Friction. The Efficiency of Machines Resist, 
ance to Rolling. Toothed-gear, Chain and Rope Resistances. Belt Trans¬ 
mission. ? 'General Procedure. Special Force Constructions. Friction and 
Lubrication. 

The book sets forth the underlying mechanical principles, adapting them 
to the particular line of application, and develops methods as the student 
needs them for use in the problems. Simple examples of typical force actions 
and constructions are fully explained, but the working problems are neither 
given nor solved in the notes. The actual work of the course is done upon 
prepared problems, in the form of full-size, dark-line prints; the use of these 
saves all labor of merely cleaning the machine, and the force determination 


MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 


150 


can be taken up at once. On the print there is room for such special notes 
and suggestions as may be called for; but the emphasized purpose is to have 
the student think for himself, with needed help and suggestion from the 
instructor, and not follow a ready worked-out example. 

HERRMANN, G. The Graphical Statics of Mechanism. A guide for the 
use of machinists, architects and engineers; and also a text-book for 
technical schools. Translated and annotated by A. P. Smith. Sixth 
Edition. 8 folding plates, cloth, 168 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Efficiency of Mechanisms; Equilibrium of Mechanisms; Sliding, 
Journal, Rolling, and Chain Friction; Stiffness of Ropes; Tooth Friction; Belt 
Gearing; Examples. 

HOUGHTON, C. E. The Elements of Mechanics of Materials. A text for 
students in engineering courses. Second Edition, Revised and En¬ 
larged. Ill., 5 y 2 x 8 * 4 , 230 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Applied Mechanics. Applications. Beams. Torsion. The 

Elastic Curve. Long Columns. Combined Stresses. Compound Bars and 
Beams. 

Intended for use as an elementary text-book and presupposes a knowledge 
of mathematics through integral calculus, mechanics and physics. Designed 
to be an elementary text-book for students in the engineering courses in 
colleges and universities, where the time allotted to the subject does not 
exceed three or four recitations per week, for one half year, and where the 
course is preceded by college courses in mathematics, through integral calcu¬ 
lus, mechanics and physics. The extreme mathematical treatment of the 
subject has been avoided, but where the use of higher mathematics lead to 
clearness they have been used freely. As it is intended as a text-book, the 
general cases are discussed fully, leaving the student to derive the formulas 
for special cases as part of the regular problem work. At the end of each 
chapter there are review questions covering the more important parts of the 
subjects discussed and problems illustrating them, the solution of one problem 
of each type being given to show the application of the general formula. 

An appendix contains tables giving the values of the engineering constants of 
materials and the formulas commonly used in design, in addition to the tables 
usually found in books of this character. 

LODGE, 0 . J. Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneu¬ 
matics. New Edition , Completely Revised , by the author and by 
Alfred Lodge. Answers revised by C. S. Lodge. 106 ill., 5 *4 x 7 l A> 
324 pp. ' $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Motion (Kinematics); Translation, or Motion of a Point; Rota¬ 
tion, or Motion of an Extended Body; Rectilinear Motion ; Composition of Motions ; 
On Quantity of Matter and Quantity of Motion; On Force and Motion (Dy¬ 
namics); Work and Energy; Composition and Resolution of Forces; On Equi¬ 
librium ; On Machines, or the Rudiments of Applied Mechanics ; Properties and 
States of Matter; The Pressure of Gravitating Liquids at Rest; Floating Bodies; 
On the Pressure of the Atmosphere, and on the Properties of Gases; Miscel¬ 
laneous Exercises. 

MILLS, CLIFFORD N. A Short Course in Elementary Mechanics for Engi¬ 
neers. 36 ill., MA x 6 J 4 , 137 PP- $1.00 

(Author is professor of mathematics in the South Dakota State College of 
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.) 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Definitions, etc.; Kinematics; Linear and Angular 
Motion; Vectors; Kinetics; Statics; Compensation and Resolution of Forces; 
Motion in a Circle; Energy of Rotation; Moments of Inertia; Tables; Answers. 
An elementary short course for students familiar with trigonometry, arranged 
systematically and written from the “definition viewpoint." Following the 
theory that it is by solving problems that a mastery of mechanics is gained, 
the author has included many problems of varying complexity throughout 


MECHANICS 


151 


the text. To assist the student in knowing whether he has arrived at correct 
solutions a section of the book gives answers to the problems. 


PEIRCE, B. System of Analytic Mechanics. x 1034, 536 pp. $ 10.00 

CONTENTS: Motion, Force and Matter; Measure of Motion and Force; Funda¬ 
mental Principles of Rest and Motion; Elements of Motion; Forces of Nature; 
Equilibrium of Translation, Of Rotation, Of Equal and Parallel Forces; Action 
of Moving Eodies; Integration of the Differential Equations of Motions; Motion 
of Translation; Of Rotation; Of Systems; Appendix. 

RANKINE, W. J. M. A Manual of Applied Mechanics. Eighteenth Edition, 
Thoroughly Revised, by W. J. Millar. 270 ill., 6x8, 694 pp. 

Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Harmony of Theory and Practice in Mechanics; Statics; Bal¬ 
ance and Measurement of Forces Acting in a Straight Line; Theory of Couples 
and of the Balance of Parallel Forces; Balance of Inclined Forces; Parallel Pro¬ 
jections; Distributed Forces; Stable and Unstable Equilibrium; Theory of Struc¬ 
tures; Definitions and General Principles; Stability, Strength and Stiffness; Cine¬ 
matics ; Motions of Points; Motions of Rigid Bodies; Motions of Pliable Bodies 
and of Fluids; Mechanism; Elementary Combinations and Trams of Mechanism; 
Aggregate Combinations; Dynamics; Uniform Motion Under Balanced Forces; 
Varied Translation of Points and Rigid Bodies; Rotations of Rigid Bodies; Hy¬ 
drodynamics; Theory of Machines; Work of Machines with Uniform and Per¬ 
iodic Motion; Varied Motions of Machines; Prime Movers. 


RANKINE, W. J., and BAMBER, E. F. A Mechanical Textbook, or Intro¬ 
duction to the Study of Mechanics. Fifth Edition. 158 ill., 5^4x8, 
324 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Mathematical Introduction; Arithmetical and Trigonometrical 

Rules; Rules of the Differential and Integral Calculus; Mensuration and Finding 
Centers of Magnitude; Elementary, Mechanical Notions; Cinematics; Motions 
of Points, Rigid Bodies, Pliable Bodies and Fluids; Mechanism; Definitions and 
Principles; Elementary Combinations and Trams of Mechanism; Aggregate Com¬ 
binations; Statics; Principles; Composition, Resolution and Balance of Forces; 
Distributed Forces; Structures; Stability and Strength; Rules of Strength and 
Stiffness; Kinetics; Principles; Uniform Motion Under Balanced Forces, Trans¬ 
lations of Points and Rigid Bodies; Rotations of Rigid Bodies; Motions of 
Fluids; Machines; Performance, Regulating Apparatus; Efficiency and Counter 
Efficiency of Pieces; Combinations and Trams in Mechanism. 


STAHL. A. W., and WOODS. A. T. Elementary Mechanism. A textbook 
for students of mechanical engineering. Seventeenth Edition, 198 ill., 

5 Ya^ 7 Y 2 , 319 pp- t u * 2 : 25 

CONTENTS: Elementary Propositions; Communication of Motion by Rolling 

Contact* Velocity Ratio Constant; Directional Relation Constant; Communica¬ 
tion of Motion by Sliding Contact; Velocity Ration Constant; Directional Rela¬ 
tion Constant • Teeth of Wheels; Velocity Ratio and Directional Relation Constant 
or Varying; Communication of Motion by Linkwork; Communication of Motion 
by Wrapping Connections; Trains of Mechanism; Aggregate Combinations; 
Problems. 


TEMPLETON, WM. The Practical Mechanic’s Workshop Companion. 

Comprising a great variety of the most useful rules and formulas in 
mechanical science, with numerous tables of practical data and calculated 
results for facilitating mechanical operations. Nineteenth Edition, Re¬ 
vised, modernized and considerably enlarged by Walter S. Hutton. Ill., 
454 X GJ 4 , leather, 484 pp. $ 2 00 


152 


MECHANICS—HE A T—THERM OD Y NAM ICS 


WEISBACH, J. A Manual of Theoretical Mechanics. Translated from the 

fourth augmented and improved German edition by Eckley B. Coxe. 
Tenth American Edition. 902 ill., 694x954, 1112 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction to the Calculus; Simple and Compound Motion ; Funda¬ 
mental Principles and Laws of Mechanics; Mechanics of a Material Point; General 
Principles of Rigid Bodies; Center of Gravity; Equilibrium of Bodies; Rigidly 
Fastened and Supported; Equilibrium of Funicular Machines; Resistance of Fric- 
tion and Rigidity of Cordage; Elasticity and Strength of Extension, Compression 
and Shearing; Elasticity and Strength of Flexure or Bending; Combined Elasticity 
and Strength ; Moment of Inertia; Centrifugal Force; Action of Gravity; Impact; 
Equilibrium and Pressure of Water; Molecular Action of Water; Equilibrium and 
Pressure of the Air; Flow of Water from Vessels and Through Pipes; Water 
L nder Pressure; Flow of Water in Canals and Rivers; Hydrometry; Impulse and 
Resistance of Fluids ; Theory of Oscillation. 

WRIGHT, T. W. Elements of Mechanics; Including Kinematics, Kinetics, 
and Statics. Eighth Edition, Revised. Ill., 554x8, 388 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Kinematics; Motion; Matter in Motion; Newton’s Laws; Dy- 
namics of a Particle; Statics of a Body; Friction; Work and Energy; Dynamics 
of Rotation; Elastic Solids ; Impact; Metric Units; Dimensions of Units; Tables ; 
Synopsis for Ready Reference. 


HEAT—THERMOD Y NAM ICS 


DRAPER, CHARLES H. Heat and the Principles of Thermodynamics. 

New and Revised Edition. 193 ill., 554 x 8 , 444 pp. $ 2.25 

CONTENTS: Units of Measurement. Symbols. Formula. Experimental. 

1 emperature The Thermometer. Expansion of Solids, Liquids, and Gases. 
Remarks on Expansion. Specific Heat—Calorimetry. Liquefaction and Solidifica- 
tion. Latent Heat. Properties of Vapors. Ebullition. Latent Heat. Liquefaction 
ot Gases. Hygrometry. Heat and Electricity. Conductivity. Thermo-Chemistry. 
Radiation. Measurement of Temperature. Principles of Thermodynamics. 
Work and Energy. Mechanical Equivalent of Heat. The Kinetic Theory. Internal 
and External Work. Isothermal Curves. Continuity of State. Specific Heats of 
Gases. Adiabatic Changes and Curves. Heat Engines. Theory of Heat Engines. 
Some Applications of Carnot’s Principle. Miscellaneous Examples and Exercises 
Appendix. Answers to Exercises. 

The subject matter in this new edition has been revised and rewritten in order 
that the book may be in accord with the recent advances made in the methods of 
heat measurement and the theories brought to light by recent investigations. 


ENNIS, WILLIAM D. Applied Thermodynamics for Engineers. Fourth 

Edition, Corrected. 316 ill., 654 x 954, 514 pp. $5.00. 

CONTENTS: The Nature and Effects of Heat. The Heat Unit. Specific Heat 
First Law of Thermodynamics. Laws of Gases. Absolute Temperature. The 
Perfect Gas. Thermal Capacities. Specific Heats of Gases. Joule’s Law. Graph¬ 
ical Representations. The Carnot Cycle. The Second Law of Thermodynamics 
Entropy. Compressed Air. Hot Air Engines. Gas Power. Theory of Vapors. 
The Steam Engine. Modified Cycle. Multiple Expansion. Engine Testing. The 
Steam Turbin^ Results of Trials of Engines and Turbines. The Steam Power Plant 
Distillation. Fusion. Liquefaction of Gases. Mechanical Refrigeration. 

The author s aim has been to prepare a manual on the fundamental principles 
of heat machinery that will be useful in the class-room and the laboratory and 
to the designer. The subject is treated from the physical standpoint and as 
related to its engineering applications. Differential equations have been almost 
wholly eliminated, the mathematical complications have been as far as possible 
avoided, and the rule has been kept in mind to employ the Calculus only in the 
few places where it really makes things simpler. ^This new edition represents a 



THERM OD Y NAM ICS—FUELS 


153 


careful arid comprehensive revision of the original book which was very enthusias¬ 
tically received and used as a text in many of the best universities in the country. 
Answers to many of the numerical problems have been incorporated and addi¬ 
tional problems set. 

HIRSCHFELD, C. F. Engineering Thermodynamics. Second Edition. Ill., 
3 ^ 4 x 6 , cloth, 162 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Science Series, No. 45.) $ 0.75 
CONTENTS: Heat; Gases; Entropy; Cycles; Flow of Gases; Vapors; Expan¬ 
sion and Compressions of Vapors; Vapor Cycles; Flow of Vapor. 

KLEIN, J. F. Physical Significance of Entropy, or the Second Law. 

6 % x 9}i, 108 pp. $ 1.50 

(Author is professor of mechanical engineering at Lehigh University.) 

CONTENTS: Introduction. The Definitions, General Preliminaries, Develop¬ 
ment, Current and Precise Statements of the Matters Considered. Concerning 
the Application of the Calculus of Probabilities. Analytical Expressions for 
a few Primary Relations. The Physical Interpretations. Summary of Con¬ 
nection between Probability, Irreversibility, Entropy, and the Second Law. 
Reach and Scope of the Second Law. 

PARTINGTON, JAMES R. A Text-book of Thermodynamics (with special 
reference to Chemistry.) 91 diagrams, 6x9, 550 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Thermometry and Calorimetry. The First Law of Thermodynamics 
and Some Applications. The Second Law of Thermodynamics; Entropy. The Ther¬ 
modynamic Functions and Equilibrium. Fluids. Ideal and Permanent Gases. 
Changes of Physical State. Van der Waals’ Equation and the Theory of Continuity 
of States. Thermochemistry. Gas Mixtures. Elementary Theory of Dilute Solu¬ 
tions. General Theory of Mixtures and Solutions. Capillarity and Adsorption. 
Electrochemistry. The Theorem of Nernst. Kinetic Theories in Thermodynamics. 
Expounds the principles of thermodynamics and illustrates their applicability to 
the various problems of physica chemistry. Chemical problems receive the 
main consideration and other branches are either briefly treated or omitted. 

The author aims to show that a comprehension of the fundamentals of thermo¬ 
dynamics may be applied advantageously to The solution and interpretation of 
modern experimental work. 

ZEUNER, A. Technical Thermodynamics. Second Edition. Translated 
from the Fifth, Completely Revised, German Edition of Dr. Zeuner’s 
original treatise on thermodynamics by J. F. Klein. Two volumes. 
Ill., 6^x954, ' $ 8.00 

CONTENTS: Fundamental Equations of Thermo-Dynamics; Theory of Gases; 
Reversible Changes in the State of a*Gas; Reversible and Non-Reversible Changes 
of State of Gases; Flow and Efflux of Gases; Theories of Air Engines; Internal- 
Combustion Engines; Vapors; Reversible and Non-Reversible Change of Wet 
Vapors; Flow and Efflux of Wet Vapors; Reversible and Non-Reversible 
Changes of Superheated Vapor of Water; Theory of Steam Engines; Tables. 


FUELS 

BRISLEE, F. J. An Introduction to the Study of Fuel. A text book for 
those entering the engineering, chemical and technical industries. 60 
ill., 6^4 X9, 293 pp. (Outlines of Industrial Chemistry.) Reprinting 

CONTENTS: General Chemical Principles; Weight and Volume of Air Required 
for Combustion; Analysis of Fuel and Fuel Gases; Calorimetry and Determination 
of the Heating Value of a Fuel; Measurement of High Temperatures; Pyrometry; 
Calculation of Combustion Temperatures; Natural Solid Fuels; Artificial Solid 
Fuels; Gaseous Fuel; Manufacture of Producer Gas and Water Gas; Theory of the 



154 


FUELS 


Producer Gas and Water Gas Reactions; Explosion and Explosion Engines; Air 
Supply and Measurement of Draught; Furnace Efficiency and Fuel Economy; 
Heat Balances. Furnace and Boiler Tests; Liquid Fuels; Appendices. 

ELLIS, CARLETON, and MEIGS, JOSEPH V. Gasolene and Other Motor 
Fuels. In Press 

This book will be very complete and extensive, and will interest the members 
of the petroleum industry, the natural gas industry, the coke oven industries, 
the illuminating gas and associate industries, the alcohol .industry, and the 
manufacturer of automobiles. 

HERINGTON, C. F. Powdered Coal as a Fuel. New Edition in Press 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Coals Suitable for Powdering Preparation of Pow¬ 
dered Coal; Feeding and Burning Powdered Coal; Powdered Coal in the Ce¬ 
ment Industry; Application of Powdered Coal to Reverberatory Furnaces; Pow¬ 
dered Coal in Metallurgical Furnaces; Powdered Coal Under Boilers; Ppwdered 
Coal for Locomotives; Explosions; Bibliography. 

This book, written for the engineers, superintendents and owners of plants, 
explains how the greatest efficiency can be obtained from the use of coal by 
powdering. Many examples of plants in operation are given in detail, to¬ 
gether with sound and conservative analysis of results. A great deal of 
information on the very live subject is contained in the author’s description 
of current practice, and special attention is given to such questions as the 
grade of coal to use, costs and proper applications. The illustrations are 
plentiful, well selected, and carefully executed, so that the reader \yill find 
them very helpful. 

KERSHAW, JOHN B. C. Fuel. Water and Gas Analysis For Steam Users. 

Second Edition , Revised and Enlarged. Ill., 6x9, 213 pp. In Press 

CONTENTS: Fuel. Natural and Artificial Fuels, Their Origin, Composition and 
Methods of Sampling; The Approximate Analysis of Fuel; Preparing the Sample, 
Testing the Fuel; The Calorific Valuation of Solid Fuels; The Calorific Valua¬ 
tion of Liquid and Gaseous Fuels; The Practical Applications of the Test Results. 
Water. The Sources of Feed Water Supply and the Physical and Chemical 
Characteristics) of the Same; The Approximate Analysis of Water; The Practical 
Applications of the Test Results; The Use of Softening Reagents and the 
Tests Necessary to Regulate Their Amount. Waste. Gases. The Chemical and 
Physical Characteristics of the Waste Gases—Sampling the Gases; The Approx¬ 
imate Analysis of the Water Gases; The Use of Continuous and Recording Gas- 
Testing Apparatus; The Practical Applications of the Gas-Test Results; Appendix. 

LEWES, V. B. Liquid and Gaseous Fuels and the Part They Play in Modern 
Power Production. 111 ., 5 ^x 8 > 4 , 348 pp. (Van Nostrand’s West¬ 
minster Series. ) $3.00 

CONTENTS: Combustion; Formation and Composition of Fuel; Determination 
of Calorific Value; Liquid Fuels; Use of Liquid Fuels; Liquid and Gaseous Fuels; 
Manufacture of Coal Gas; Use of Coal Gas for Heating and Power; Water Gas; 
Poor Fuel Gas; The Fuel of the Future.' 

MOORE, HAROLD. Liquid Fuels for Internal Combustion Engines. A prac¬ 
tical treatise for engineers and chemists. 48 illustrations. 5 y 2 x 8 $4> 
2 15 PP- $5.00 

CONTENTS: Petroleum; Shale Oil and Its Products; Coal Tars and Their 
Products; Lignite Tars and Their Products; Production of the Carbonisation of 
Wood and Peat; Animal and Vegetable Oils; Methyl and Ethyl Alcohol; Fuels 
for Engines Fitted with Carburetters; Fuels for Engines Fitted with Vaporisers; 
Fuel Oils for Engines Fitted with Atomisers; The Examination of Liquid Fuels; 
Calorimetry. 


FUELS—PRODUCER GAS—WATER 155 

POPPLEWELL, W. H. Prevention of Smoke, Combined with the Economical 
Combustion of Fuel. 50 ill., 5^x8%, 220 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Fuels and Combustion; Hand; Firing in Boiler Furnaces; Mechan¬ 
ical Stroking; Powdered Fuel Firing; Gaseous Fuel; Testing of Boilers; Smoke 
Observations; Standard Smoke Tests; Legal Aspect of the Smoke (Question; Means 
for Lessening Smoke. 

SEXTON, A. H. Fuel and Refractory Materials. Third Edition, Revised. 
I0 4 ill-, 5 x 7/^> 374 PP- ' Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Combustion. Heating Power of Fuels. Fuels. Wood, Peat, 
Coal. Solid Prepared Fuels. Charcoal, Peat-charcoal, Coke. Coal’ Wash- 
ing. Liquid Fuels. Gaseous Fuels. Recovery of By-products. Furnaces for 
Metallurgical Purposes. Supply of Air to the Furnace. Removal of Waste 
Products. Smoke. Smoke Prevention. Pyrometry. Calorimetry. Utilization 
of Fuel. Testing Fuels. Refractory Materials. Bricks. Crucibles. Notes 
and Tables, 


PRODUCER GAS 

ALLEN, H. Modern Power Gas Producer Practice and Applications. 

A practical treatise dealing with the gasification of various classes of 
fuel by the pressure and suction systems of producer. 136 ill., $ l / 2 x 
7/^> 344 PP- Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Natural Gas in England; Manufactured Gas; Chemistry of Manu¬ 
facture and Combustion of Power Gas; Specific Heat; Calculating the Volume of 
Gas Produced from Fuel; Coal; Gasification of Fuel; Gas Producers, Pressure 
Type; Recent Improvements in Gas Producers; Suction Gas Producers; Suc¬ 
cessful Operation of; Application of; Power Gas Installations; Application of 
Gaseous Fuel to Internal Combustion Engines; Thermal Power, Flame Tempera¬ 
ture, and Explosion Pressures of Combustible Gases; Proportions of Pipes in Gas 
Plants; Gas Analysis; Examination of Various Classes of Fuels; Their Thermal 
Value; Thermal Value of Combustible Gases; Dangers in Manufacture of Power 
Gas; Testing Gas Producers; Patents; Appendix. 

LATTA, NISBET. American Producer Gas Practice and Industrial Gas 
Engineering. 247 ill., 7 % x 10 ft, 547 PP- $6.00 

CONTENTS: Producer Operation; The Producer; Cleaning the Gas; Works 
Details; Producer T}q,es; Moving Gases; Solid Fuels; Physical Properties of 
Gases; Chemical Properties of Gases; Gas Analysis; Gas Power; Gas Engines; 
Furnaces and Kilns; Burning Lime and Cement; Preheating Air; Doherty Com¬ 
bustion Economizer; Combustion in Furnaces; Temperature, Radiation and Con¬ 
duction; Data; Heat Measurement; Flues and Chimneys; Materials; Useful 
Tables; Glossary. 

A manual in simple language, of producer gas engineering practice, as applied 
to everyday operations upon a practical and commercial basis, omitting 
any theorizing and laboratory results unsuitable to commercial and manu¬ 
facturing conditions, Readable alike to the engineer, operator and promoter, 


WATER 

CHRISTIE, WILLIAM W. Water, Its Purification and Use in the Industries. 

79 ill., 3 folding plates, 2 colored inserts, 5^x8, 230 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Sources of Water. Impurities; Uses, Reagents. Water Softening: 
Cold Process Systems; Hot Process Systems. Results Accomplished by Softening 
Systems. Pressure Filters. Aeration. Sterilization. Ozone. Ice. Drinking Water. 




156 WATER-POWER AND POWER TRANSMISSION 


Open Filters. Alum. Chloride of Lime. Tannin. Measurement of Water. Oi. 
Filters. Boiler Water. Miscellaneous Tables. 

Contains general information regarding water together with tables of value 
to users of water for manufacturing and industrial purposes, so written as to present 
the technical aspect of the subject, describing the various machines and apparatus 
without referring to them by their makers’ names. It is believed that this work, 
for the first time, brings together much scattered information on the subject of 
water purification, especially the mechanical part, some of which was entirely 
unavailable. The methods of and materials for chemical treatment of water 
are given prominence, 

COLES-FINCH, W. Water, Its Origin and Use. Fully illustrated, s 3 A x 8 y A , 
540 pp. ' $5.00 

CONTENTS: Heat. Atmosphere. Clouds. Rain, Water. Forms of Water, 
Snow. Ice. Glaciers. Springs. Rivers. Waterfalls. Lakes. Ocean and Sea. 
Mountains and Volcanoes. Chalk. Denudation. Water, How Obtained. Use. 
Abuse and Waste of Water. Lessons from Nature. 

The scientific side of the subject, though not unduly emphasized, is not lost 
sight of in this work, which combines the sciences of heat, hydrostatics and 
physical geography. It tells in a popular manner of the various forms under 
which water is present in the solar system, the laws governing these changes 
of form and the uses man has made of it, so that it reads as interestingly as a 
novel. The volume is illustrated most lavishly largely by excellent repro¬ 
ductions of photographs by Mrs. Aubrey le Blond of Alpine phenomena asso¬ 
ciated with water. 

COWELL, W. B. Pure Air, Ozone and Water. A practical treatise of their 
utilization and value in oil, grease, soap, paint, glue and other industries. 
Ill., 5 X jy 2 , 91 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Atmospheric Air; Compressed Air; Liquid Air; Purification of 
Water; Fleshings and Bones; Ozonized Air in the Bleaching and Deodorizing of 
Fats, Glues, etc.; General Information. 

DE LA COUX, H. The Industrial Uses of Water. Translated from the 
French and revised by Arthur Morris. 132 ill., 6}4 x 10, 362 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Water, Its Chemical Action and Composition; Effects of Water iti 
the Industries; Difficulties with Water; Appropriate Remedies; Preliminary Treat¬ 
ment and Apparatus; Residuary Waters and Their Purification; Qualitative, 
Quantitative and Hydrotimetric Analysis. 

WANKLYN, J. A. Water Analysis. A practical treatise on the examination 
of potable water. Eleventh Edition. Revised by W. J. Cooper. Ill., 

5 x 754,240 pp. ' $ 2.00 

POWER AND POWER TRANSMISSION 

BALL, R. S. Natural Sources of Power. 104 ill., 6x8 l />, 364 pp. (Van 

Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) ‘ $2.50 

CONTENTS: Units with Metric Equivalents and Abbreviations; Introductory 
Water Power and Methods of Measuring; Application of Water Powei to the 
Propulsion of Machinery; The Hydraulic Turbine; Various Types of Turbine; 
Construction of Water-Power Plants; Water-Power Installations; The Regula¬ 
tion of Turbines; Wind Pressure; Velocity and Methods of Measuring; The 
Application of Wind Power to Industry; Modern Windmills; Constructional 
Details; Power of Modern Windmills; Appendices. 

CHRISTIE, W. W. Chimney Design and Theory. A bdok for engineers 

and architects. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged . Ill., 6*4x9, 
200 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Theory of Chimney Draft; Formulas; Tables; Wind Pressure; 



POWER—STEAM ENGINES 


157 


Air-space in Grates; Foundation Materials; Brick Chimney Materials; Steel 
Chimneys, Their Theory, Examples of Existing Structures; Chimney Perform¬ 
ances; Special Types; Straightening Chimneys; Flues; House Chimneys; Light¬ 
ning Protection; General Information. 

SVEN SEN, CARL I. A Handbook on Piping. 359 ill, 8 folding plates, 

6M x 914, 367 pp. ‘ $4.00 

CONTENTS: Pipe; Dimensions and Strength of Pipe; Pipe Threads; Pipe Fit¬ 
tings; Pipe Joints; Standard Valves; Special Valves; Steam Piping; Drip and 
Blow-Off Piping; Exhaust Piping and Condensers; Feed Water Heaters; Piping 
for Heating Systems; Water and Hydraulic Piping; Compressed Air, Gas and 
Oil Piping; Erection Workmanship; Miscellaneous; Piping Insulation; Piping 
Drawings; Specifications; List of Books and References; Appendix. 

This work is offered for the purpose of supplying in convenient form in¬ 
formation and data regarding piping, fittings, pipe joints, valves, pipe draw¬ 
ings, and pipe lines and their accessories. The variety and extent of tables, 
illustrations and formulae will be sufficient to make it of value to both en¬ 
gineers and students. 

THINKS, W. Governors and the Governing of Prime Movers. 140 ill., 
6x914, 254 pp. $3 .50 

CONTENTS: Introduction; General Statements; The Direct-Control Governor 
as a Motor; Promptness and Traversing Time; Adjustment of Equilibrium 
Speed; Shaft Governors; Natural Period of Vibration of Governors; Effects of 
Outside Forces Impressed upon Governors; Interaction Between Governor and 
Piime Mover; Discarded Types of Speed Governors: Rate-of-Flow Governors; 
Pressure Governors; Relay Governing: Governor Troubles and Their Remedies; 
Self-Regulating Features of Prime Movers; Appendix. 

This volume, giving the essentials and principles of governors and the prop- 
ercies of prime movers with regard to regulations, fills a gap in our engineer¬ 
ing literature, being the only book of any consequence on .its subject. The 
essentials are so presented as to be within the grasp of undergraduates as 
well as practicing engineers. The lucid presentation of the essentials will 
assist engineers to keep apace with the changing practice and put them in a 
position to judge existing and future types of governors, as well as the prop¬ 
erties of prime movers that effect regulation. Every 'drawing was especially 
made for this book, and shows diagrammatically the important features that the 
reader should be familiar with. 

WALLIS-TAIXER, A. J. Bearings and lubrication. A handbook for every 
user of machinery. 75 ill., 6x9, 216 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Friction; Bearings; Stuffing Boxes and Packings; Lubrication; Ac¬ 
tion of Oils on Metals; Determination of the Lubricating Value of Oils; Adultera¬ 
tion of Oils; Lubricators; General Observations; Storage of Oil; Oil Cans. 

STEAM ENGINES 

BARKER, A. H. Graphic Methods of Engine Design. Including a graph¬ 
ical treatment of the balancing of engines. Second Edition . 90 ill.. 

5 x 714 , 217 pp. 1 $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Size of Engine for Given Power; Valves; Ports; Valve Diagrams; 
Dimensions of Details; Compounding; Compound Diagrams; Flywheels; Theory 
of Inertia of Moving Parts; Inertia Diagrams; The Motion of the Connecting 
Rod; Balancing; Force Curves; Methods of Force Balancing; The Theory ot 
Couples; Inertia Couples on an Engine; Balancing of Two-Cylinder Engines with 
Cranks at Right Angles; General Remarks on Balancing. 

G 00 DEVE, T. M. Textbook 011 the Steam-Engine. With a supplement on 
Gas Engines, and Part II. on Heat Engines. Fifteenth Edition. 187 
5/4 x 734 , 416 pp. " $ 3.50 



158 STEAM ENGINES 

GOULD, E. S. The Arithmetic of the Steam Engine. Ill., 5 y 2 x 8 ) 4 , 80 pp. 

$ 1.00 

CONTENTS: Heat; Absolute Zero; Ice; Steam; Pressure and Volume; Com¬ 
bustion and Combustibles; Steam Used Expansively; Back Pressure; Mean 
effective Pressure; Clearance; Horse Power; Indicator Diagrams; Compound 
Engine; Work; Falling Bodies; Tables of Properties of Saturated Steam; Hyper¬ 
bolic Logarithms. 

HECK, ROBERT C. H. The Steam Engine and Turbine. A textbook for 
engineering students. 400 ill., 6x9, 625 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Elementary Theory of the Heat Engine; Properties 
and Behavior of Steam; Ideal Steam Cycles, for Engine and for Turbine; Action 
of the Steam in the Engine; Performance and Efficiency of the Engine; Working 
and Construction of the Engine; Valve Gears and Governors; Action of the 
Steam in the Turbine: Sundry Steam Tables. Appendix: Tables and Diagrams 
of the Properties of Steam. 

Essentially a text-book, intended to be studied and taught, emphasizing the 
scientific side of the subject, and founded upon the idea that what the student 
needs is a thorough grounding in principles, with a general knowledge of con¬ 
struction and of the questions underlying economy in operation. It is designed 
to fill a place in a well-developed course, and does not aim to cover the whole 
field of steam-power engineering, but should be supplemented by laboratory 
work and instruction, by visits of inspection, and by the course in machine 
design. No attempt is made to supply the knowledge of detail and of ex¬ 
pedient and the skill in operation that can be acquired only by experience and 
practice. 

HECK, R. C. H. The Steam Engine and Other Steam Motors. A text-book 
for engineering colleges and a treatise for engineers. In two volumes. 
6/4 x 9 y 2 , cloth. 

Vol. I. The Thermodynamics and the Mechanics of the Engine. 
Second Edition , Revised. 187 ill., 400 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: General View of the Subject; Elementary Thermodynamics of Heat- 
Engine; Theory of Steam Engine; Action of Steam in the Engine; Dynamics 
of Steam; Entropy; Temperature Diagram; Mechanics of the Engine* Tables 
on Superheated Steam. 

Vol. II. Form, Construction, and Working of the Engine: The Steam 
Turbine. 698 ill., 686 pp. " $5 50 

CONTENTS: Form and Construction of the Engine; Valve Gears and Their 
Action; Governors or Regulators; Steam Action in the Multiple Expansion 
Engine; Steam Turbine; Steam Engme Performance; Tables. 

KLEIN, J. F. Design of a High Speed Steam Engine. Second Edition 
Revised and Enlarged. 140 ill., xp%, 257 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Shows a Graphical Method for Determining the Principal Dimen¬ 
sions of a High-Speed Steam Engine by Figuring Out the Following* Effective 
Steam Pressures; Connecting Rod and Crank Lengths; Mean Accelerating Force 
Necessary to Start Reciprocating Parts, Diameter of Cylinder; Length of Stroke* 
Revolutions Per Minute; Reciprocating Parts; Belt Pulley; Crank Shaft* Steam 
Ports and Pipes; Cylinder Walls; Valve Gears; Valve Diagrams; Link Motions 
etc. 

LALLIER, ERNEST V. An Elementary Manual of the Steam Engine. 

Containing also a chapter on the theory, construction and operation of 
internal combustion engines. For the operating engineer. 102 ill 
6 x 8 ) 4 , 274.pp. ' “ $2.00 

(Author is instructor in engineering at the Hebrew Technical Institute 
New York.) 

CONTENTS: Reciprocating Steam Engines. Action of the Eccentric. The 


STEAM ENGINES 


159 


Governor. Engine Calculations. The Piston. Work done by Steam during For¬ 
mation. The Expansive Working of Steam. The Indicator. Description of Indi¬ 
cator. Heat. Boilers. Fire-tube Boilers. Calculation for Tubular Boilers. 
Water-tube Boiler Pumps. Corliss Engine. Pipes and Fittings. Rotary Engines. 
Internal Combustion Engines. Lubrication. 

Written with a view to presenting the fundamental principles of the use of 
steam and steam engines in an elementary manner, so as to be useful to 
students of steam engineering who, while possessing excellent training in 
mathematics and general science, are yet so immature as to be unable readily 
to make practical application of their general knowledge; and the average 
operating man, who despite his experience realizes his lack of an adequate 
grasp of fundamental principles. The advancement of both of these classes 
is seriously hampered, and this new work aims to teach the subject so that 
each may be able to supplement his partial knowledge. 

RANKINE, W. J. M. A Manual of the Steam Engine and Other Prime 
Movers. Seventeenth Edition, Revised, by W. J. Millar, with a section 
on Gas, Oil and Air Engines by Bryan Donkin. Ill., 6x8, 672 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Machines in General; Muscular Pozver; General Principles; Power 
of Men; Power of Horses and Other Beasts; Water and Wind Power; Sources 
of Water for Power; Water Power Engines in General; Water Bucket Engines; 
Water Pressure Engines; Vertical Water Wheels; Turbines; Fluid on Fluid 
Impulse Engines; Windmills; Steam a)id Other Heat Engines: Heat: Combus¬ 
tion and Fuel; Thermo-dynamics; Furnaces and Boilers; Mechanism of Steam 
Engines-; Electromagnetic Engines; Gas, Oil and Air Engines. 

RICHARDSON, J. The Modern Steam Engine; Theory, Design, Construc¬ 
tion, Use. A practical treatise. 293 ill., 6x9, 396 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Unit of Power; Natural Forces; Early Types of Engine; The 

Watt Engine; Use of Steam in Multiple Cylinder or Compound Engines; Valve 
Gears; Double or Compound Slide Valves; Releasing Valve Gear; Exhaust Valves 
and Valve Driving Gear; The Governor; Electrical Regulation Condensers; The 
Steam Turbine; Design of Details; Examples of Various Types; Feed and Steam 
Heating; Hints to Users. 

ROSE, J. Key to Engines and Engine Running. A practical treatise upon 
the management of steam-engines and boilers for the use .of those who 
desire to pass an examination to take charge of an engine or boiler. 
Ill., SM x8, 4x7 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Care, Management and Inspection of Boilers for Stationary 

Engines; The Steam Engine and its Accessories; Starting a Slide Valve Engine; 
Valve Gear; High-Speed Engines; Link Motion; Locomotive Running; Ca~« and 
Management of Marine Engines; Condensing Engines; Various Kinds of Engines; 
Pumps; Injectors; Engineers Calculations; Mechanical Forces; Horse P.'wer; 
Water; Heat; Steam; Steam Engine Indicators and Indicator Diagrams. 

WATSON, E. P. Small Engines and Boilers. A manual of concise and 
specific directions for the construction of small steam engines and 
boilers of modern types from five horse-power down to model sizes. 
35 ill., 5^x814, 126 pp. $ 1-25 

CONTENTS: Illustration of Vertical Engine; Drawings; Examples of Skeleton 
Drawings; Plans for Vertical Engine Cylinder; How to do Work; Engine Details; 
Link Motion and How to Construct it; Bed Plate; Plans for Valve Stem, Stuffing 
Box and Connecting Rod; Building a Horizontal Engine; Setting Eccentrics; Plans 
for Small Powered Boilers. 


SLIDE VALVES 


AUCHINCLOSS, W. S. The Practical Application of the Slide Valve and 
Link Motion to Stationary, Portable, Locomotive, and Marine Engines. 

With new and simple methods for proportioning the parts. Lifteenth 
Edition, Revised. 52 ill., 6x9, 144 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: The Slide Valve; Elementary Principles and General Proportions; 
Short-Hand Method for Valve Proportions; General Proportions Modified by 
Crank and Piston Connections; Link Motions; Independent Cut-off; Clearance; 
Reduction in Travel; Link and Reciprocating Motion Combined; Travel Scale. 

BEGTRUP, J. The Slide Valve and Its Functions. With special reference 

to modern practice in the United States. Second Edition. 90 ill., 

6^x9,145 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: The Common Slide-Valve; Improved Slide-Valves; Four-Valve 
Systems; Independent Cut-off; The Slide-Valve on Pumps; Angularity of Con¬ 
necting Rod and Eccentric Rod. 

HALSEI", F. A. Slide Valve Gears. An explanation of the action and con¬ 
struction of plain and cut-off slide valves. Twelfth Edition, Revised 
and Enlarged. 109 ill., sVi x 213 PP- $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: The'Slide Valve with Fixed Eccentric; The Slide Valve with Shift¬ 
ing and Swinging Eccentric; The Slide Valve with Independent Cut-off; The Slide 
Valve with Link Motion. 

Y 0 UNGS 0 N, PETER. Slide Valves and Valve Gearing. 115 ill., 10 folding 

plates, 7x10, 194 pp. $ 3.00 

This work has been specially written for marine engineers. It is intended to 
illustrate the working and management of marine valve gear in as simple and 
complete a manner as possible, and sea going engineers will find it very useful. 

INDICATORS 


PULLEN, W. W. F. Indicator Diagrams. 261 ill., $ l / 2 x 8 J 4 , 242 pp. 

$ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Measurement of Power with the Indicator; Indicator Rigs; Reduc¬ 
ing Gears; Types of Indicators; Calibrating Indicator Springs; Errors in the In¬ 
dicator Diagram; Preliminary Analysis of the Diagram; Diagrams Showing 
Variation of Load; The Admission and .Steam Lines of the Indicator Diagram; 
The Exhaust and Compression Lines; Valve Chest and Steam Pipe Diagrams; 
Adjustment of the Slide Valve; Pump Diagrams; Miscellaneous Diagrams; Aver¬ 
aging Diagrams; Mechanical Efficiency; Tables, &c., &c. 

BOILERS 

BATEY, JOHN. Steam Boilers and Combustion. 18 ill., 4^ x 7 > 4 , 220 pp. 

$2.00 

CONTENTS: Combustion and Steam Production; Information in Regardto 
Boilers and Production of Steam; Water and Steam; Steam Boilers; Ver¬ 
tical Boilers; Marine, or Scotch Boiler: Water-Tube Boilers; Steam Boiler 
Practice; Combustion ; Hydrocarbons, Radiant and Convected Heat, Distillation, 
etc.; Temperature; Lessons Taught by Experiments; Philadelphia Exhibition 
Tests; Normal Results Obtained by Abnormal Methods; Analysis of Actual Per¬ 
formance of Locomotive Boiler; Movement of Gases Through Tubes. 





BOILERS 161 

BOOTH, WILLIAM H. Water Softening'and Treatment. 92 ill., 5^ x 8 J 4 , 
308 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: The Treatment of Water by Softening, Oil Separation and filtra¬ 
tion. Natural Waters; Water, Its Sources and Impurities; Salts in Water; 
Reactions of Salts in Solution; The Less Usual Reagents; Scale and Its Effects; 
Water Analysis; Apparatus in Commercial Use; Detartarizers; Filters; Boiler 
Compounds; Corrosion; Incrustation of Pipes; Oil Separation; Mechanical Boiler 
Cleaners; Pure Water. Air Pumps, Condensers, and Circulating Pumps. Feed 
Heating-Stage. Heating. Water Cooling. Feed Pumps, Injectors. 

CHRISTIE, W. W. Boiler-waters. Scale, Corrosion, Roaming. 77 ill., 6 l /2 x 
914, 242 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Water, Its Properties; Materials Found in Water; Water Analysis; 
Boiler; Scale; Transmission of Heat; Conductivity of Solids; Corrosion; Feed- 
Water Pipes; Blow-Off Pipes; Tubes; Priming and Foaming; Oil; Grease; Zinc; 
Hardness of Water; Feed-Water Heaters; Economizers; Water-softening; Tables. 

PRATT, H. K. Boiler Draught. Ill., 5^x714, 205 pp. $ 1.25 

CONTENTS: Draught; Calculations Relating to Air; Chimneys; Construction; 

Artificial Draught; Forced; Induced; A Comparison; Application of Mechanical 
Draught for Land Installation and Marine Practice; Chemistry of Combustion. 

A description of the various methods and systems in use in England to maintain 
the most efficient condition of boiler draught, together with other information that 
bears on the subject. 

PULL, ERNEST. Modern Steam Boilers, Their Construction, Management 
and Use. A practical handbook for marine and general engineers, 
steam users, and students in engineering colleges and technical insti¬ 
tutes. 195 ill., 5 folding plates, $y 2 x8y 2 , 295 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Temperature and Heat; Steam Generation; Fuel and Its Combus¬ 
tion ; Boiler Materials; Boiler Construction; Flue, Smoke Tube, and Mixed 
Types of Plorizontal Boiler; Vertical Boilers; Water-Tube Boilers; Boiler Mount¬ 
ings; Boiler Feed Water; Boiler Draught; The Management of Steam Boilers. 

PULLEN, W. W. P. Injectors: Theory, Construction and Working. Third 
Edition. 148 ill., x 7^2, 214 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: The Injector; Construction and Arrangement of Simple High 

Pressure Injectors; Construction and Arrangement of High-Pressure Com¬ 
pound Injectors; Injector Calculations for Simple High-Pressure Types; The 
Steam Jet; High-Pressure Compound Injectors; Exhaust Injectors; The Exhaust 
Injector; The Ejector Condenser; The Water Injector; Air Injectors; Air 
Ejectors; Historical Summary. 

RIMMER, E. J. Boiler Explosions, Collapses and Mishaps. With an intro¬ 
duction by A. A. Hudson. Ill., 5 ^ 4 x 8 j 4 > 151 pp- $ 2.25 

CONTENTS: Legislation in Regard to Boilers and Boiler Explosions; Formal 
Investigations and Findings of Commissioners as to Negligence; Cause and Preven¬ 
tion of Explosions (with reference to Board of Trade Reports) ; Evidence of Causes 
of Explosions; Appendices. 

A summary of the causes of boiler explosions and the recommendations for their 
prevention contained in the Reports of the Board of Trade from 1882 to 1911, to¬ 
gether with a statement of the statutory duties of steam users and their liabilities 
as defined by the commissioners holding investigations under the boiler explosions 
acts. 

ROWAN, F. J. The Practical Physics of the Modern Steam Boiler. Preface 
by Prof. R. H. Thurston. Ill., 6p+ x 669 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: General Considerations; Fundamental Elements of Boiler Design; 
Combustion; Transmission of Heat; Circulation of Water; Effects of Tem¬ 
perature on Tenacity and Ductility : Corrosion and Incrustation; Historical Sketch 
of Boiler Design; Boiler Tests and Results. 


STEAM TURBINES 


See also “Marine Engines.” 

STODOLA, A. Steam Turbines. Second Revised Edition of the author¬ 
ized translation from the second revised German edition by L. C. 
Loewenstein. 241 ill., 3 lithographed tables, 6^2x9^, cloth, 509 pp. 

$ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Elementary Theory of the Steam Turbine; Axial Turbines; Radial 
Turbines; Theory of the Steam Turbine Thermo-dynamically Considered; Steady 
Flow of Steam; Conversion of Energy in the Steam Turbine; Construction of 
Most Important Turbine Parts; Critical Angular Velocity of a Multiple Loaded 
Shaft; Steam Turbine Parts; A Few Special Problems of Steam Turbine Theory 
and Construction; Future of the Heat Engine; Mathematical Derivations of Dif¬ 
ficult Formulas in Text. 

WILDA, H. Steam Turbines. Their theory and construction. Translated 
from the German by Chas. Salter and revised and adapted to English 
practice. 104 ill., 5x7^, 203 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction and Properties of Steam. Flow of Steam. Classifica¬ 
tion of Steam Turbines According to Arrangement of Vanes. The Flow of Steam 
through the Steam Turbine. Details of Steam Turbines. General Arrangement 
of Various Turbines in Practice. Condensers. U tilisation of Exhaust Steam. Prac¬ 
tical Application of Steam Turbines. 

STEAM AND STEAM TABLES 

BOOTH, W. H. Superheaters, Superheating, and Their Control. Ill., 6x9, 
170 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: History; Specific Heat of Materials; Action of Steam; Steam; 
Superheated Steam; Steam Pipes and Valves; Superheat and Steam Turbines; 
Behavior of Engines with Superheated Steam; Controllable Superheaters; Feed 
Water Heating; Examples of Superheaters; Economy; Superheat in Locomotives; 
High Superheat; Useful Hints; Tables. 

GOLDING, H. A. The Theta-Phi Diagram. Practically applied to steam, 
gas, oil and air engines. Second Edition , Revised and Enlarged. Ill., 
5 x 7*4, 134 pp. ' $2.00 

CONTENTS: Entropy; Entropy of Water and Steam; Conversion of Indicator 
Diagram to Entropy Diagram; Heat Losses; Application to the Gas Engine; Appli¬ 
cation to Oil and Air Engines. 

HALL, H. R. Governors and Governing Mechanism. Second Edition, En- 
Isochronous Governor; Qualifications a Governor Should Possess; Power and 
Sensitiveness, Regularity, Steadiness and Lightness; Governor Gear; Throttle 
larged. 120 ill., 5x7%, lg 8 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: The Conical Pendulum; Centrifugal Force; Watt’s Governor; The 
Valve Gear; “Automatic” Slide Valve Gear; Trip Valve Gear; Crank-Shaft 
Governor; Inertia Governor; Gas Engine Governors: Relay Governors; Governor 
Governor Power; Various Makes of Governors and Governing Mechanism. 
Springs; Petrol Car Governor; Detailed Example of Design; Corliss Gears; 

SMITH, C. A. M., and WARREN, A. G. The New Steam Tables. Together 

with their derivation and application. With an introduction by Sir J. 





STEAM-POWER PLANT TESTING 


163 


Alfred Ewing. 5 J 4 x 8 J 4 > 114 pp. $ 1.25 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Derivation and Application. Centigrade Units. 
Properties of Saturated Steam on Pressure Base. Pound Centigrade Units. 
Properties of Saturated Steam on Centigrade Temperature Base. Specific 
Heats of Superheated Steam at Various Temperatures. Centigrade and Pres¬ 
sures. Average Specific Heats of Superheated Steam from Saturation to Tab¬ 
ulated Temperatures. Centigrade. At Various Pressures. Fahrenheit Units. 
(Same Tables as for Centigrade Units) Logarithms and Antilogarithms. 
Mollier Chart (in Cover Pocket). 

STEWART, G. Modern Steam Traps (English and American). Their con¬ 
struction and working. 71 ill., 5x7)4, 112 pp. $ 1.75 

CONTENTS: Expansion Steam Traps; Float-Operated Steam Traps; Bucket- 
Type Steam Traps; Thermostatic Steam Traps; A Differential Water-Pressure 
Steam Trap; Return-Feed Systems; The Bundy Steam Trap; Automatic Valves of 
the Atmospheric Steam Heating Co. 


POWER PLANT TESTING 

BARRUS, G. H. Engine Tests. Embracing the results of over one hundred 
feed-water tests and other investigations of various kinds of steam- 
engines, conducted by the author. Ill., 6)4 x 9 ) 4 , 338 pp. $ 4.00 

JERVIS-SMITH, FREDERICK J. Dynamometers. Edited and amplified by 
Charles Vernon Boys, F.R.S. 117 ill., 6x9, 271 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Friction; Planimeters; Friction Brakes; Water 

Brakes; Air Brakes; Magnetic Brake Dynamometer; End Thrust Brakes; His¬ 
torical; Transmission Dynamometers; Torsion Power-Measuring Machines; 
Torsion Power-Measuring Machines of Different Inventors; The Cradle Dy¬ 
namometer; Dynamometric Tests of Motor Car Engines; Model Ship Dynamo¬ 
meter; Dynamometers Used in Aeronautics. 

An historical work describing in detail the machines which, from time to time, 
have been invented for estimating the output of prime movers and the power 
absorbed by machines when driven by engines or motors. The author spent 
considerable time investigating the subject, and himself an inventor of some 
repute never completed his book, but the work was finished by Mr. Boys, who 
added considerable new matter. 

PULLEN, W. W. F. Testing of Engines, Boilers and Auxiliary Apparatus. 

Second Edition. 733 ill., 5)4 x 8 ) 4 , 746 pp. $ 5.50 

CONTENTS: Tables and Other Data; Mechanical Aids to Calculation; Measure¬ 
ment of Pressure; Measurement of Temperature; Measurement of Speed; Meas¬ 
urement of Power Output; Measurement of Power Input with Dynamometer; 
Diagram; Other Features of Steam Engine Diagrams; The Adjustment of the 
Hints on the Management of Indicators; Analysis of the Steam Engine Indicator 
Measurement of Power Input with Indicator; Indicator Rigs and Accessories; 
Slide Valve; Internal-combustion Engine Diagrams; Testing Indicator Springs; 
Measurement of the Quality of Steam; Measurement of Quantity of Steam and 
Water; The Testing of Steam Engines; Fuel Testing; The Analysis of Flue 
Gases;’ Boiler Testing; The Testing of Auxiliary Machinery; The Testing of 
Internal-combustion Engines. 

SMALLWOOD, JULIAN C. Mechanical Laboratory Methods. The testing 
of instruments and machines in the mechanical engineering laboratory 
and in practice. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 114 ill., 
5 x 7)4, flexible fabrikoid, 417 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Textbooks.) $ 3.00 



164 POWER PLANT TESTING-LOCOMOTIVES 

CONTENTS: Principles of Measurements. Testing of Instruments. Scales and 
Pressure Gages; Angular Velocity Meters; Dynamometers; The Engine Indi¬ 
cator; Planimeters; Flow Meters; Pyrometers; Steam Calorimeters; Friction 
Testers. The Analysis of Combustion. Proximate Analysis; Fleat Value of 
Fuels; Exhaust Gas Analysis. The Testing of Power Plant Units. Steam 
Engine Testing; Steam Pump Testing; Boiler Testing; Testing of Steam Aux¬ 
iliaries; Gas Engine Testing; Gas Producer Testing; Refrigeration Machinery 
Testing; Testing of Air Machinery; Testing of Water Motors^ Miscellaneous 
Tests. Appendix. Useful Tables and Diagrams. 

For this new edition the work has been enlarged and modified, numerical 
work has been checked, and defects eliminated. A new section on the testing 
of refrigerating machinery, absorption and compression systems will be 
found of value. Sufficient tabular matter is appended to enable the user 
of the book to calculate all the results sought by the various tests. 

TENNEY, EDWARD H. Test Methods for Steam Power Plants. A reference 

book for the use of power station engineers, superintendents and chem- 
isists. 85 ill., 39 tabls, 5/4 x 7/^, flexible fabrikoid, 224 pp. {Van 
Nostrand’s extbooks. ) $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Purchase and Testing of Coal; Investigation of the Economy of 
Combustion; Treating and Testing Waters for Boiler-feed Purposes; Evaporative 
Tests for Capacity and Efficiency; Methods of Testing Prime Movers; Testing of 
Power Plant Lubricants. 

Brings together into one volume those methods of analysis which can be used 
to good advantage in the power plant, and which will aid the power station 
engineer in keeping costs of generation at the lowest figure. 

LOCOMOTIVES. 


GIBBINGS, ALFRED H. Oil Fuel Equipment for Locomotives and Principles 
of Application. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Preliminary Observations and Data; Advantages of Oil Fuel; 
Principles of Combustion; Methods of Burning Oil Fuel: Different Systems; 
Steam-jet System, Air-jet System; Pressure-jet System; Pressure-jet Systems— 
Comparative Tests: Burners; Firebox Conditions and Dampers ; Draught Regula¬ 
tion ; Regulation of Oil Supply to Furnace; Evaporation Capacity and Pleating 
Surface; Disposition of the Apparatus for Pressure-jet System; Oil Tanks; Piping; 
Firebricks and Fire Doors; Making Tests and Taking Records; Running Condi¬ 
tions ; Instructions to Enginemen; Specification Clauses for Locomotive Oil-Burn¬ 
ing Equipments; Auxiliary Apparatus; Holden’s Injector and Steam Fitting for 
Locomotives; The Meyer-Smith Lighting-Up or Starting Heater; The Thermo¬ 
scope; The “Premier” Steam Trap; Conversion Table; List of Modern Publica¬ 
tions and Papers on Oil Fuel, etc.; Reference. 

YODER, J. H., and WHAREN, G. B. Locomotive Valves and Valve Gears. 

With a special treatise on valve setting. An explanation of the con¬ 
struction and action of the plain slide valve, the piston valve and the 
gears which operate them, as applied to locomotives. Based on notes 
used in schools for apprentices, Pennsylvania Railroad. 274 ill., 
6 * 4 x 9 > 4 , 277 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Common D Slide Valve; Valve Events; Description of Slide Valve 
and Its Seat; Special Designs of Slide Valves; Balancing the Slide Valve; The 
Piston Valve; Piston Valve for Balanced Compound Locomotives; The Step¬ 
henson Valve Gear; Effects of Raising or Lowering the Link; The Walschaert 
Valve Gear; Construction and Development; Description of Parts; Operating 
Parts of the Gear; Relative Crank Pin and Piston Positions for Different Valve 
Events at Full Forward Gear; Relative Crank Pin and Positions for Different 
Valve Events at the Running Cut-Off Position; Distortions of the Walschaert 



LOCOMOTIVES—INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES 165 

Valve Gear; Layout of Walschaert Gear; Baker Locomotive Valve Gear; The 
Young Locomotive Valve, Valve Gear and Reverse Gear; The Gooch Stationary 
Link; The Allen Valve Gear; Effects of Altering the Valve and Its Events; 
Locomotive Valve Setting; Stephenson Gear; Walschaert Gear; Rules for Valve 
Setting; Baker Locomotive Valve Gear; Summary; The Indicator Diagram and 
Its Application; Application of the Diagram; Horse Power of Locomotives; 
Tractive Force of Two-Cylinder Compound Locomotives; Tractive Force of 
Mallet Articulated Compound Locomotives; Classification of Locomotives. 

This work is a special treatise on valves, valve gears, and valve setting which 
may be recommended to railway mechanics as a practical guide for locomotive 
valve setting and a treatise on the common and uncommon types of valve 
gears. It explains the construction and action of the plain slide valve, the 
piston valve, and the gears used to operate them, as applied to locomotives, 
and is based on notes used in the schools for apprentices on the Pennsylvania 
Railroad. 


INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES 

BTJRSTALL, F. W. The Energy-Diagram for Gas. 27 x 37 folded to 7 x 10, 
25 pp. " With Text, $ 1.50 

Diagram mounted on linen sold separately. $1.00 

The object of the Energy-Diagram is to exhibit all the properties of the permanent 
gases in a convenient graphical from, when taking into account the fact of the 
variable specific heat. The diagram is analogous to the Mollier table diagram 
for steam, which enables all calculations in connection with the internal combus¬ 
tion engine to be made by simple measurements of length. It also enables the 
velocity of gases to be readily determined when they are discharging through 
nozzles. It is equally applicable to the gas, petrol, or Diesel motor, and upon it 
calculations can be made dealing with the obsolete cycles of Stirling and Ericsson. 

CARPENTER, R. C., and DIEDERICHS, H. Internal Combustion Engines. 

Their theory, construction and operation. Third Edition, Revised. 
379 ill., 6 J 4 x9^, 612 pp. $ 5.50 

(Authors are professors of experimental engineering in Cornell University.) 
CONTENTS: Definitions and Classification, Indicated and Brake Horse-Power; 
Thermodynamics of the Gas Engine; Theoretical Comparison of Various Types 
of Internal Combustion Engines; Various Events of the Constant-Volume and 
Constant-Pressure Cycle as Modified by Practical Conditions; The Temperature 
Entropy Diagram Applied to the Gas Engine; Combustion; Gas Engine Fuels, 
the Solid Fuels, Gas Producers; Liquid Fuels, Carbureters and Vaporizers; The 
Gas Fuels; The Fuel Mixture; Exposibility, Pressure and Temperature; History 
of the Gas Engine; Modern Types of Internal Combustion Engines; Gas Engine 
Auxiliaries: Ignition, Mufflers and Starting Apparatus; Regulation of Internal 
Combustion Engines; The Estimation of Power of Gas Engines; Method of 
Testing Internal Combustion Engines; The Performance of Gas Engines and Gas 
Producers; Cost of Installation and of Operation. 

CHALKLEY, A. P. Diesel Engines for Land and Marine Work. With an 
introduction by Dr. Rudolf Diesel. Fourth Edition, Revised and Greatly 
Enlarged. 175 ill. and folding plates, 5^ x 8 j 4 , 385 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Expansion of Gases. Adiabatic Expansion. Isothermal Expan¬ 
sion. Working Cycles. Thermodynamic Cycles.' Constant Temperature Cycle. 
Constant Volume Cycle. Constant Pressure Cycle. Diesel Engine Cycle. Reasons 
for the High Efficiency of the Diesel Engine. Action and Working. —Four Cycle 
Engine. Two Cycle Engine. Two Cycle Double Acting Engine. Horizontal 
Engine. High Speed Vertical Engine. Relative Advantages of the Various Types 
of Engine. Limiting Power of Diesel Engines. Fuel for Diesel Engines. CON¬ 
STRUCTION, —Four Cycle Single Acting Engine; General Arrangement, Starting 



INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES 


166 


and Running. Description of Four Cycle Engine. Valves and Cams. Regulation 
of the Engine. Types of Four Cycle Engines. High Speed Engine. Horizontal 
Engine. Two Cycle Engine. Air Compressors for Diesel Engines. Solid in¬ 
jection Motors. Installing and Running. —Space Occupied and General Di¬ 
mensions. Starting up the Engine. Management of Diesel Engines. Cost of 
Operation of Diesel Engines. Testing. —Object of Testing. Test on 200 
B.H.P. Diesel Engine. Test on 300 B.H.P. High Speed Marine Engine. Test 
on 500 B.H.P. Engine. Test on High Speed Diesel Engine. Diesel Engine 
for Marine Work, Advantages. —Design and Arrangement of Diesel Marine 
Engines. Methods of Reversing Diesel Engines. Auxiliaries for Diesel Ships. 
Horse Power of Marine Diesel Engines. Weights of Marine Diesel Engines. 
The Design of Large Engines. Construction. —Two-Cycle Engine. Swiss 
Type. Belgium Types. Swedish Type. German Types. British Types. Four- 
Cycle Engine. Dutch Type. German Types. Danish 'IVpe. Russian Types. 
Small Diesel Engines. Design. —Cylinders and Cylinder Covers. Pistons. 
Cylinder Dimensions. Crank Shafts. Air Compressors. Scavenging Pumps. 
The Future of the Diesel Engine. 

CLARK, CARL H. Marine Gas Engines, Their Construction and Manage¬ 
ment. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 102 ill., flexible fabri- 
koid, 138 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Nautical Manuals.) $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Types of Engines: Principles of Operation of Each Type. Advan¬ 
tages of Each Type. Two-Cycle Engines: General Construction. Description 
of Some Standard Types. Pumps. Four-Cycle Engines: General Construction. 
Description of Standard Types. Vaporizers and Carburetters: Vaporization 
of Fuel. Principles of Operation and Description of Standard Types. Ignition 
Devices: Principles of Ignition. Mechanism of Igniters. Timers. Spark Coils. 
Plugs. Batteries. Dynamos. Magnetos. Ignition Wiring: Diagrams for Wiring - 
spark Coils. Distributor. Oil Engines. Lubrication : Methods of Lubricating 
the Several Parts. Multiple-Cylinder Engines : Description and Construction of 
Standard Types. Reversing Mechanisms: Reversing Propellor. Reversing Gears. 
Reversing Engines. Propellers: Definitions. Efficiency. Measuring Propellers. 
Calculations. Installation : Foundation. Pipin. General Considerations and 
Description. Operation and Care of Engines: General Instructions; Hints on 
Finding Troubles. Care of Engine and Outfit. Power of Engines : Horse-power. 
Formulas for Power. Methods of Finding Power. Brakes. Selecting an En¬ 
gine: General Considerations as to Type Size and Construction. 

DAVEY, NORMAN. The Gas Turbine. 100 ill., 634 *9, 262 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: The Theory. General Considerations of the Gas Turbine as a Heat 
Engine^ The Constant-Pressure, Single-Fluid Gas Turbine; Mixed Fluid Tur¬ 
bines; The “Explosion” Gas Turbines; The Variation in Thermodynamic Con¬ 
stants and Its Effect upon Efficiency. The Practice. Accessory Machinery; Prac¬ 
tical Limitations; Summary of Efficiencies and Comparison of Types; The His¬ 
tory of the Gas Turbine; The Progress in Experimental Work; The Future of 
the Gas Turbine; List of Gas Turbine Patents, 1856-1913. 

A conservative and the only complete up to date book in English on the gas 
turbine. The author explains all of the various types of gas turbines that 
have forced their way into practical use, and gives a very complete account of 
the many experimental researches that were carried on to obtain these finished 
products. 

DUBBEL, H. High Power Gas Engines. Translated from the German by 
F. Weinreb. 423 ill, 15 folding plates, yx 10, 200 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: The Cycle of the Gas Engine; Output and Cylinder Dimensions; 
The Governing of the Four-Cycle Engine; Valve Gear of Four-Cycle Engines; 
Two-Cycle Engines; Valve Gears; Ignition; The Cylinders; Valves and Their 
Cooling; Pistons and Their Cooling; Piston Rod Couplings; Stuffing Boxes; Gen¬ 
eral Design of Principal Parts; Calculation of the Flywheel Weight; Starting: 
Piping. 


INTERANAL COMBUSTION ENGINES 


167 


Deals with the theory, principles of operation, and most important construc¬ 
tional features of the large size single-acting and double-acting gas engines, 
and is intended as a guide for the student when designing large gas engines, 
as well as to give information about the principal features and details of the 
large gas engines to engineers who have not specialized in this branch. The 
theoretical portions of the book deal with the question of efficiency. The 
matter of compression and mixture ratios are dealt with under the assumption 
of constant and variable specific heats. The conditions governing the designs 
of the various engine parts, however, have received special attention. The 
book is very fully illustrated, containing a large number of sectional drawings 
of modern engines. 

ENNIS, WILLIAM D. Vapors for Heat Engines. Ill., 5x7, 65 pp. $ 1,00 

A discussion of the arguments for and against the use of fluids other than steam 
as working media in heat engines. Beginning with the pressure-temperature 
curve as limiting the potential efficiency of Carnot, the detailed study shows 
that the thermal properties of the vapors notably influence'efficiency and capacity 
of apparatus. Some new and interesting criteria of maximum efficiency are 
developed. There are various new equations, tables, and diagrams: among them, 
those giving the temperature-entropy characteristics of several volatile vapors. 

The book is in a sense a companion volume to the author’s “Applied Ther¬ 
modynamics”; but, as a discussion of a subject of some commercial importance, 
has been made self-explanatory. 

GROVER, F. Practical Treatise on Modern Gas and Oil Engines. Fifth 
Edition. 173 ill., $y 2 x y]/ 2 , 380 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Arrangement of Engine Room; Types of Gas Engines; Self. 
Starters; Two-Cycle and Other Engines; French Engines; Testing Gas Engines; 
Indicators; Reducing Gears; Gas Engine Trials; Analysis of Coal Gas; Calcula¬ 
tions ; Gas Engine Design; Producer Gas; Effects of the Products of Combustion; 
Acetylene Gas; Gas Engine Efficiencies; Entropy Charts ; Petroleum; Oil Engines; 
Oil Gas Engines; Oil Engine Testing. 

GtiLDNER, H. The Design and Construction of Internal-Combustion 
Engines. Translated and revised, with additions on American Engines, 
by H. Diederichs. A handbook for designers and builders of gas and 
oil engines. 728 ill., 36 folding plates, 9x11, 690 pp. 

CONTENTS. Various Methods of Operating Gas Engines and the Gas 
Engine Cycles. General Considerations. The Various Cycles of Operation. 
Critical Examination of the Various Cyclic Events. The Design and Con¬ 
struction of Internal Combustion Engines. Fundamental Considerations. 
Determination of Principal Dimensions. General Engine Parts. Special Parts 
for Gas and Oil Engines. Auxiliaries. Construction. Erection and Tests 
of Modern Internal Combustion Engines. Stationary Engines. Portable 
and Self-propelled Engines. The Gas Engine Fuels and Combustion in 
Gas Engines. Fuel Gases. Liquid Fuels. Fuel Mixtures. Combustion 
in Gas Engines. Appendix. Synopsis of Thermodynamics. Fundamental 
Principles of Thermochemistry. Some Details from Practice. 

This is a careful, reliable, intelligent translation of the best book on internal- 
combustion engines brought up to date and containing also a large section 
devoted to American gas engines and American practice. It is the largest and 
most complete treatise on its subject, containing 151 carefully compiled tables 
of data both of theoretical and practical value to the designer. 

KIRSCHKE, A. Gas and Oil Engines. A concise account of the most 
important types. Translated from the German and adapted to English 
practice by Chas. Salter. 55 ill., 5x7^, 160 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: The Indicator; Changes of Conditions Sustained by Gas; Efficiency 


168 


INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES 


of the Heat Engine; Determination of the Useful Work; Coal-Gas as a Source of Power; 
The Precursors of the Modern Gas Engine; Four-Cycle and Two-Cycle Engines; 
The New Otto Engine; General Construction and Erection of Gas Engines; Valve- 
Gear, Ignition and Governors; Starters for Gas Engines; Gas Engines for Liquid 
Fuels; The Diesel Engine; Gas Producer Plants; Blast-Furnace Gas and Other 
Industrial Waste Gases; High Power Gas Engines; Working Costs; Gas Engine vs. 
Steam Engine; Gas Turbine; Tables. 

LUCKE, C. E. Gas Engine Design. With figures and diagrams. Second 

Edition. 145 ill., 6x9, 262 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Power; Efficiency; Economy; Forces in the Engine Due to Gas 
Pressure and Inertia; Dimensions of the Engine Parts. 

MARSHALL, W. J., and SANKEY, H. R. Gas Engines. 125 ill., 6 x Sy 2} 

293 PP- (Van Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Theory of the Gas Engine; The Otto Cycle; The Two-Stroke 
Cycle; Water-Cooling of Gas Engine Parts; Ignition; Operating Gas Engines; 
The Arrangement of a Gas Engine Installation; The Testing of Gas Engines; 
Governing; Gas and Gas Producers. 

MATHOT, R. E. Construction and General Working of Internal Combustion 

Engines. Translated from the French by W. A. Tookey. Ill., 6x9, 


576 pp. 


$5.00 


CONTENTS: Historical and Retrospective. The Progress of Gas Power 

Gas vs. Steam Engines. The Future of Gas Power. Construction and Design. 
Principal Types of Engines. Horizontal Gas Engines. Vertical Gas Engines. 
Marine Gas Engines. Two-Cycle Engines. Four-Cycle Engines. The Working 
of Gas Engines. Governing and Valve Gears. Details of Construction. Moving 
Parts. Power and Efficiency. Testing and Testing Apparatus. Indicator Dia¬ 
grams and Explosion Records. Results of Trials. Dimensions, Classifications and 
Tests of Engines. Bibliography. 


PURDAY, H. F. P. Diesel Engine Design. 271 ill., 5 j 4 x 8 } 4 , 311 pp. 


hi Press 


CONTENTS: First Principles; Thermal Efficiency; Exhaust, Suction and Scav¬ 
enge; The Principle of Simplitude; Crank-Shafts; Fly Wheels; Framework; 
Cylinders and Covers; Running Gear; Fuel Oil System; Air and Exhaust Sys¬ 
tem; Compressed Air System; Valve Gear. 

WIMPERIS, H. E. The Internal Combustion Engine. A text-book for the 

use of students and engineers. New and Enlarged Edition. 104 ill., 
6x8^4, 336 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Chief Symbols Used; Tables of Constants; Molecular Weights of 
Gases: History of the Internal Combustion Engine; Use of Compression- Com¬ 
parative Economy; Thermodynamic Cycles; Combustion and Explosion • Thermo¬ 
dynamics; The Gas Engine; The Gas Producer; Blast-Furnace and Coke-Oven 
Gases; Oil and Petrol Engines; Petrol Engine Efficiency and Rating; Answers 
to Examples, 


WIMPERIS, H. E. Primer of the Internal Combustion Engines. 60 ill. 



INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES—AUTOMOBILES 169 

WIMPERIS, H. E. The Principles of the Application of Power to Road 

Transport. 24 ill., 5x7^, 146 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: General Survey of Subject; Transport on Land, Sea and in Air; 
Early Construction of Roads; Use of Steam Power; Internal Combustion En¬ 
gines; Electricity; Resistance to Motion in Relation to Loads, Speeds, Wheel 
Diameters, Nature of Tiers; Amount of Power Necessary; Wait-Hours per 
Ton-Mile; Measurement of Power; I, H. P., B. H. P.; Torque; Efficiency; 
Road Tests; Measurement of Speed and Resistance; Use of Accelerometer; 
Loss of Power in Engine Friction and in Transmission Gear; G. T. M.; Gen¬ 
eral Types of Steam and Internal Combustion Engines and on Vehicles on 
Which They Are Used; H. P. per Ton; Use of Gearing; Ideal Tractive Effort 
Curve; Loads; Gradients; Relationship of Engine Dimensions and Gear Ratios 
to Work to be Done; Design of Vehicles Propelled by (i) Internal Combustion 
Engines, (2) Steam Engines; Wheel Diameters; Braking; Electric and Petrol- 
Electric Systems; Curve of Ideal Tractive Effort; Hydraulic Systems; Energy 
Stored in Moving Vehicles; R. A. C. Brake Horse-Power Tests, 1912; Road 
Test Report Form, 


AUTOMOBILES 

B 0 TT 0 NE, S. R. Magnetos for Automobilists: How Made and How Used. 

A handbook of practical instruction in the manufacture and adaptation 
of the magneto to the needs of the motorist. Second Edition. 35 ill., 
5x7, 118 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: The Magneto; Component Parts of the Magneto; Magnetization; 
The Armature Screen; High Tension Magnetos; Practical Hints; Latest Types 
of Magnetos. 

BUTLER, H, J. Motor Bodies and Chassis. A textbook dealing with the 
complete car for the use of owners,' students, and others. With a 
foreword by the Rt. Hon. The Lord Montague of Beaulieu. 39 ill., 

6x9,352 pp. . $3.00 

CONTENTS: Varieties of Motor Bodies Defined. Dimensions of the Body. Body 
Design; Phaetons, Limousines, Landaulettes and other Designs. The Coachbuilder 
and the Motorist. Motor Body Drawing. Motor Body Making. Mounting. Com¬ 
fort in the Motor Body. Decoration of the Car. Painting. Stove Enameling and 
French Polishing. Weather Protection. Interior Illumination. Exterior Illumina¬ 
tion. Body Accessories. How to Choose a Chassis. The Petrol Engine. Ignition. 
Cooling the Cylinder. Transmission. Lubrication. Brakes. Steering Gear. 
Wheels. Tires. Springs. Chassis. Accessories. Preservation of the Car. Motor¬ 
ing and Its Cost. Commercial Motoring and Its Cost. 

CLARK, A. GRAHAM. Text-Book on Motor Car Engineering. In two 
volumes. 

Vol. I. Construction. 213 ill., 6 x 8 ^ 4 , 445 pp. - $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: The General Principles and Construction of the Petrol Engine. 
Details of Engine Construction. Petrol. Fuels Other than Petrol. Carburetters 
and Carburation. Thermodynamics of the Petrol Engine. Horse-Power. Mechan¬ 
ical, Thermal and Combustion Efficiencies. Principles and Construction of Coil 
and Accumulator Ignition. Magneto Ignition. Engine Control Systems. Engine 
Cooling Systems. Crank Effort Diagrams. Clutches and Brakes. Change Speed 
Gears. Transmission Gears. Steering Gears. Lubricants, Lubrication, Ball and 
Roller Bearings. Chassis Construction. General Principles of the Steam Car. 
Steam Engines and Condensers. Steam Generators and Pipe Diagrams. The 
Electric Car. Materials Used in Motor Car Construction. Syllabus of the City 
and Guilds of London Institute in Motor Car Engineering. Examination Papers. 
Physical Properties of Petrols. Mathematical Tables and Constants. 






WTO MOBILES 


170 


Vol. IL Design. 67 ill., 6x8%, 404 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Materials of Construction; General Considerations 
in Engine Design; Power Requirements; Determination of Engine Dimensions; 
Cylinders and Valves; Valve Gears; Pistons, Gudgeons and Connecting Rods; 
Crankshafts and Fly-wheels; The Balancing of Engines; Crankcases and Gear¬ 
boxes; Engine Lubricating and Cooling Arrangements, Inlet, Exhaust and Fuel 
Piping, etc.; Clutches and Brakes; Gearing; Transmission Gear; Frames, Axels 
and Springs-Torque and Radius Rods; Steering Gears. 

DOMMETT, W. E. Motor Car Mechanism. 102 ill., 5x7%, 202 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: The Engine; Properties of Gases; Brake Horse-Power, Dyna¬ 
mometers, Empirical Formula for Horse Power, and Mechanics Problems. Valves. 
Construction, Arrangement, and Actuation; Sleeve, Rotary Plug, Piston, Rotary 
Disk, Main Piston Acting as a Valve; Fuels and Carburetters; Lubrication and 
Lubricating Systems; Magnetos and Accumulators; Cooling Systems; Traction; 
Frames and Springs; Front Axles; Steering Gear; Clutches; Speed Gears and 
Brakes; The Back-Axle, Cardan Shaft, Radius Rods, Torque; Steam Cars; 
Other Transmission Systems; Appendix. 

DYKE, A. L. Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia. Treating on 

the construction, operation and repairing of automobiles and gasoline 
engines, also trucks, tractors, airplanes and motorcycles. Tenth Edition. 
Ill., 6% x 10, 940 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Engines; Carburetion; Cooling and Lubrication; Ignition; Coil 
and Battery; Magnetos; Electric Systems; Operation, Care, etc.; Tires; Mis¬ 
cellaneous ; Supplements. 

ERASER, EDW. S., and JONES, RALPH B. Motor Vehicles and Their 

Engines. A practical handbook on the care, repair and management 
of motor trucks and automobiles for owners, chauffeurs, garagemen 
and schools. 278 ill., 6x9, flexible fabrikoid, 357 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: The Gas Engine; Principles of Two and Four-Cycle Engines; 
Timing; Engine Balance and Firing Order; Cooling Systems; Fuel Feed Sys¬ 
tems : Fuels; Elements of Carburetion; Carburetors; Puddle Type Carburetors; 
Magnetism; Elementary Electricity; Batteries; Induction; Battery Ignition Sys¬ 
tems; Magnetos, Rotor Type; Dual and Duplex Ignition Systems; Starting and 
Lighting Systems; Power Transmission; Clutches; Transmissions; Drives; Dif- 
entials; Running Gear; Tires and Rims; How to Drive; Engine Troubles Ex¬ 
perienced on the Road; Lubrication; Care and Adjustment; Care and Adjust¬ 
ment Tables. 

A complete book on the automobile written in the simplest language and with 
technicalities reduced to a minimum.. The fundamentals of gas motor opera¬ 
tion, as well as the care and operation of the principal accessories of motor 
vehicles are discussed in detail and at greater length than usual.” The last 
four chapters are the result of the authors’ observations and experience with 
the great number of trucks, tractors, automobiles and motorcycles operating 
under their supervision, and a study of them will be of great help in obtaining 
the maximum economy, efficiency and life of the apparatus* 

SCHAEFER, C. T. Motor Truck Design and Construction. 292 ill., 6x9, 

3 2 6 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: The General Layout of the Ciassis; The Motor Truck Engine, Its 
Construction and Lubrication; The Motor Cooling System; Carburetion and Car¬ 
buretors; Ignition Systems; Governors and Speed Controlling Devices; The 
Clutch and Transmission; Universal Joint and Propeller Shaft; The Differential; 
The Final Drive; Front and Four Wheel Drives; Motor Truck Brakes; The Front 
Axle; Steering Gears and Fundamental Principles of Steering Mechanisms; 


A UTOMOBILES-A VIA TION 


VJl 


Motor Truck Frames; Power Plant Mountings; Springs and Spring Suspensions; 
The buel Supply System; Control; 1 he Muffler; Motor Truck Wheels; Motor 
Truck I ires and Runs; Electric Lighting and Starting on Commercial Vehicles. 
This volume has been written to lili a pressing want; to give a practical dis¬ 
cussion of the gasoline propelled commercial car of the present type, and to 
present this subject in the plainest possible manner by the use of numerous 
illustrations. In other words, this work is compiled for the engineer, who, 
when he desires information on current practice, may quickly obtain the same 
without a general, study. At the same time a general outline of the under¬ 
lying principles is given for the student, commercial vehicle owner and oper¬ 
ator who may desire to familiarize himself with the construction of the 
various units that make up the complete vehicle. 

AVIATION AND AERONAUTICS 

BEDELL, FREDERICK. The Air Propeller. Its working characteristics 
and theory, with a brief discussion of the airplane engine and the power 
available for airplane propulsion. Ill., 6 x 9, paper, 96 pp. $ 1.00 

CONTENTS: Power Available from the Air Propeller and the Airplane Engine; 
The Airplane Engine; The Air Propeller; Introductory, Conditions of Propeller 
Operation, Propeller Characteristics, Propeller Theory; Appendix. 

BEDELL, FREDERICK. Airplane Characteristics. A systematic introduc¬ 
tion for flyer and student and for all who are interested in aviation. 
50 ill., 6% X9J4, 123 pp. $ 1.60 

CONTENTS: Sustenation; Relations in Flight; Resistance; Lateral Stability; 
Directional Stability; Appendix: Thrust Characteristics; Power Characteristics; 
Control and Other Diagrams. 

BEDELL, FREDERICK. The Airplane. Ill., 6x9. In Press 

Most of the chapters in this book will consist of material published for the 
first time. Six chapters will consist essentially of material that has appeared 
in Bedell’s “The Air Propeller” and ’Airplane Characteristics.” 

CHATLEY, H. Principles and Design of Aeroplanes. Second Edition , 
Revised. Ill., 4x6, 115 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Science Series. No. 
126.) $0.75 

CONTENTS: The Aeroplane; Air Pressure; Weight and Power; Propellers and 
Motors; Balancing; Construction; Difficulties; Future Development; Cost; Other 
Flying Machines; Gyroplane and Omithoptere. 

An elementary text on the design of flying machines without presenting any 
preconceived idea as to the best type of machine. The history of aviation is 
touched on only to point out how it affected the progress of the science and 
practice. The chapter on costs, in this new edition, has been considerably changed 
and the entire work corrected. 

ENNIS, WILLIAM D. Flying Machines To-day. 123 ill., ^/ 2 x8, 218 pp. 

$ 1.50 

(Author is professor of mechanical engineering at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 
Brooklyn.) 

CONTENTS: The Delights and Dangers of Flying —Dangers of Aviation— 

What it is Like to Fly. Soaring Flight by Man —What Holds it Up. Lifting 
Power. Why so Many Sails. Steering. Turning Corners —What Happens 
When Making a Turn. Lateral Stability. Wing Warping. Automatic Control. 
The Gyroscope. Wind Gusts. Air and the Wind —Sailing Balloons. Field 



AVIATION AND AERONAUTICS 


172 


and Speed. Gas and Ballast —Buoyancy in Air. Ascending and Descending. 
The Ballonet. The Equilibrator. Dirigible Balloons and Other Kinds— 
Shapes. Dimensions. Fabrics. Framing. Keeping the Keel Horizontal. 
Stability. Rudders and Planes. Arrangement and Accessories. Amateur 
Dirigibles. The Fort Omaha Plant. Balloon Progress. The Question of 
Power —Resistance of Aeroplanes. Resistance of Dirigibles. Independent 
Speed and Timetable. The Cost of Speed. The Propeller. Getting Up and 
Down; Models and Gliders; Aeroplane Details —Launching. Descending 
Gliders. Models. Balancing. Weights. Miscellaneous. Things to Look 
After. Some Aeroplanes—Some Accomplishments. The Possibilities in 
Aviation —The Case of the Dirigible. The Orthopter. The Helicopter Com¬ 
posite Types. What is Promised. Aerial Warfare* 

GREENHILL, G. The Dynamics of Mechanical Plight. 58 ill., 6x9, 127 pp. 

$ 2.50 

CONTENTS: General Principles of Flight, Light and Drift; Calculation of Thrust 
and Centre of Pressure of an Aeroplane; Helmholtz-Kirchhoff Theory of a Discon¬ 
tinuous Stream Line; Gyroscopic Action, and General Dynamical Principles; The 
Screw Propeller; Pneumatical Principles of an Airship. 

A mathematical elucidation of the problems involved in mechanical flight; an 
attempt at their solution. ' 

KENNEDY, RANKIN. The Principles of Aeroplane Construction. 51 dia¬ 
grams, 5>2 x Sy 2) 145pp. * $2.00 

CONTENTS: Elementary Mechanics and Physics. Principles of Inclined 
Planes. Air and Its Properties. Principles of the Aeroplane. The Curves of 
the Aeroplane. Centers of Gravity. Balancing; Steering. The Propeller. 
The Helicoptere. The Wing Propeller. The Engine. The Future of the Aero¬ 
plane. 


KENNEDY, RANKIN. Plying Machines; Practice and Design. Their 

principles, construction and working. 62 ill., $ l / 2 x83/2, 162 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Principles of Flying Machines; Practical and Possible Flying Ma¬ 
chines; Starting Up Aeroplanes; Miscellaneous Appliances; Materials for Con¬ 
struction of Flying Machines; Dirigible Balloons; Notes on Air Pressures, Wind 
and Atmosphere; Practical Engineering of Flying Machines. 


LANCHESTER, F. W. The Flying Machine from an Engineering Standpoint. 

in., 6x9, 135 pp. $3.00 

(Author is a member of the British Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.) 


CONTENTS: Introduction; The Air Considered as the “Permanent Way”; Catas¬ 
trophic Instability; The Laws of Resistance; Body-Resistance; Total Resistance; 
Propulsion; Motive Power Installation; Relating to the Design of the Aerofoil; 
Resistance of Struts, Wires, Wheels, etc.; Vertical Surface; The Dynamic Load- 
Factor and Factor of Safety; Landing Gear; Acentric Types of Machine; Sta¬ 
bility and Control. Appendices. A Discussion of Skin-Friction; A Note of the 
Stability of the Flying Machine as Affected by Considerations Relating to Pro¬ 
pulsion ; Report on Test of Author’s Aerofoil of 1894; Pneumatic Hydraulic 
Alighting Mechanism Designed for Messrs. White and Thompson. A Discussion 
Concerning the Theory of Sustentation and Expenditure of Power in Flight. 
Introduction; Direct Resistance as Related to Skin-Friction; Sustentation in 
Flight; The Dynamic System. 

Deals with those problems in mechanical flight which come more directly 
within the purview of the aeronautical constructor. Matters of essentially 
scientific interest, such as the theory of stability longitudinal, lateral, and 
rotative (or asymmetric), have been in the main taken for granted; that is 
to say, the results of existing investigations have been assumed as established 
fact and so stated. 


f 


AVIATION AND AERONAUTICS 


173 


LANCHESTER, F. W. Aerial Flight. Illustrated. 

Yol. I. Aerodynamics. * 162 ill., 438 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Fluid Resistance and Its Associated Phenomena; Viscosity and Skin 
Friction; The Flydrodynamics of Analytical Theory ; Wing Form and Motion in the 
Peritery; The Aeroplane; The Normal Plane; The Inclined Aeroplane; The 
Economics of Flight; 1 he Aerofoil; On Propulsion, the Screw Propeller, and the 
Power Expended in Flight; Experimental Aerodynamics; Glossary; Appendices. 

Vol. II. Aerodonetics. 208 ill., 433 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Free Flight; General Principles and Phenomena; The Phugoid 
Theory; The Equations of the Flight Path; The Phugoid 1852-1872; Dirigible 
Balloons from 1883-1897; 1898-1906; Flying Machine Theory—The Flight Path 
Plotted; Elementary Deductions from the Phugoid Theory; Stability of the Flight 
Path as Affected by Resistance and Moment of Inertia; Experimental Evidence 
and Verification of the Phugoid Theory; Lateral and Directional Stability; Review 
of Chapters I to VII, and General Conclusions; Soaring; Experimental; Aero¬ 
donetics. 

NEILSON, ROBERT M. Aeroplane Patents. 77 ill., x 8 ^ 4 , 101 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Advice to Inventors. Review of British Patents; British Patents 
and Applications for Patents; British Patents and Applications for Patents from 
i860 to 1910, Arranged in Order of Application; British Patentees, Arranged 
Alphabetically; United States Patents from 1896 to 1909. Arranged in Order 
of Issue; United States Patentees, Arranged Alphabetically. 

Intended to give useful hints and data relating to patents, to inventors and 
manufacturers interested in heavier-than-air flying machines. Many impor¬ 
tant questions that suggest themselves to patent attorneys, inventors and 
manufacturers are dealt with in language as simple as possible. The dif¬ 
ficulty that users and manufacturers experience in ascertaining how new 
devices may be used without infringement of patents is met by the section 
of the book in which many of the important existing are reviewed. 

For other bcoks on patents see section on industrial trades. 

PETIT, ROBERT. How to Build an Aeroplane. Translated by T. O’B. Hub¬ 
bard and J. H. Ledeboer. 93 ill., 524 x 8 ^ 4 , 131 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: General Principles of Aeroplane Design. Theory and Calcula¬ 
tion. Resistance, Lift, Power, Calculations for the Design of an Aeroplane, 
Application of Power, Design of Propeller, Arrangements of Surfaces, Stability, 
Center of Gravity, etc. Materials. Construction of Propellers. Arrangements 
for Starting and Landing. Controls. Placing Motor. The Planes. Curva¬ 
tures. Motors. 

PORTER, J. R. The Helicopter Flying Machine. Ill., 5*4 x y / 2 , 88 pp. 

$ 1.50 

CONTENTS: The Aeroplane; Lifting Screws; The Helicopter; Description of 
Nos. 1 and 2 Turbine Machine; Theory Applied to the Centrifugal Propeller Ma¬ 
chine; The Deflecting Surface; Further Theoretical Considerations; Resistance to 
Forward Motion; Stability Under Various Conditions; Parachute Action; Motor 
and Gearing; Stresses; Conclusions; Tables of Squares and Cubes. 

WIDMER, EMIL J. Military Observation Balloons (Captive and Free). 
A complete treatise on their manufacture, equipment, inspection, and 
handling, with special instructions for the training of a field balloon 
company. 39 ill., 2 folding plates, 5x7^4, flexible fabrikoid, 158 pp. 

$ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Descriotion of the Kite Balloon; Equipment of a Kite Balloon; 
The Crew of a Kite ^Balloon ; Officers and Men; The Inflation; Selection of the 
Anchoring Site; Preparation for Ascension; The Ascension; Training of the 
Field Balloon Company; Inflating and Handling of a Kite Balloon. During 
Maneuvers; Duties of the Balloon Squad: Duties of the Car Squad-Of the Rope 
Squad; Bailoon Transport with Ascension Ropes; Transportation Ropes; Aid 


174 


A VIA T10N—P UMPS—COMPRESSED AIR 


of Crew; High Transportation; Marching Order of the Balloon Transportation; 
Lifting Over Obstacles; Deflation and Refilling of the Balloon; The Use of a 
Kite Balloon in Time of War; The Rules'for Examining and Accepting the 
Cloth to be Used in the Manufacture of a Kite Balloon ; The Care of the Kite 
Balloon Material and the Repair of Same; Materials Used: The Spherical Cap¬ 
tive Balloon; Equipment of ihe Spherical Balloon; Inflation, Anchoring, Ascen¬ 
sion; The Free Balloon; Equipment of the Free Balloon; Preparation for Ascen¬ 
sion; The Ascension. 

PUMPS 

INNES, C. H. Centrifugal Pumps, Turbines and Water Motors. Including 

the theory and practice of hydraulics. Fifth Edition. 287 ill., 5J4 x 7/4 , 
350 PP- $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Motion of Water Under Pressure; Measurement of Power; 

Energy of Rising and Falling Water; Friction in Piping; Loss of Energy; 
Hydraulic Engines; The Turbine; Suction Tube; Turbine Governors; Various 
Water Wheels; The Steam Turbine; Centrifugal Pump; Fan; Hydraulic Works 
at Niagara Falls; Hydraulic Buffers. 

LOEWENSTEIN, L. C., and CRISSEY, C. P. Centrifugal Pumps, Their 
Design and Construction. 320 ill., 8 folding plates, 6^4 x 924 , 432 PP- 

$ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Theory of Centrifugal Pumps. Consumption of Power and Efficiency 
Regulation and Classification of Centrifugal Pumps. Calculation of Impellers and 
Guide Vanes. Design of Important Pump Parts. Types of Centrifugal Pumps. 
Testing of Centrifugal Pumps. 

Presents the theory of centrifugal pumps in very easy and simple form and should 
be useful both to the busy engineer and student. Valuable test data are given for 
the designer and a method of proper classification of pumps extremely useful 
to the designer and manufacturer is outlined. The methods of calculating the 
important pumps parts, both from the standpoint of strength and of proper opera¬ 
tion, is fully covered, and the article on critical speeds presents the latest methods 
©f calculation with illustrative examples. About one-half of the book is devoted 
to the description of the various types of centrifugal pumps manufactured, and 
excellent and numerous working drawings give in detail the construction of nearly 
every make of centrifugal pump upon the market to-day. The book also gives a 
concise historical review of the centrifugal pump art, and describes the various 
means employed in testing centrifugal pumps. 

COMPRESSED AIR 

INNES, C. H. The Fan: Including the Theory and Practice of Centrifugal 
and Axial Fans. 142 ill., 5 T 4x7^, cloth, 258 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Conservation of Energy; Losses of Head; Manometer, Anemo¬ 
meter and Pilot Tube; Calculation of Density of Air; Change of Moment of 
Momentum; Theoretical Characteristics; Design of Fans; Variation of Pressure 
in Centrifugal Fans’ Various Tests on Fans; Comparison Between Theory and 
Experiment; High Pressure Fans; Theory of Propeller Ventilating Fans; Ex¬ 
periments; Types of Propeller Ventilating Fan. 

WEISBACH, J., and HERRMANN, G. Mechanics of Air Machinery. 

Authorized translation, with an appendix on American practice by A. 
Trowbridge. 92 ill., 8vo, 213 pp. $3.75 

CONTENTS: Movement of Air by Difference of Temperature; Natural Ventila¬ 
tion; Artificial Ventilation; Theory and Practice; Blowing Engines; Vacuum 
Pumps; Tuyeres; Hot Air Blast; Clearances in Blowers; Losses due to Various 
Causes; Indicating of Blowers.; Resistance in Blowers; Sizes of Blast Reservoirs 
and Tuyeres; The Hot Air Blast; Design of Piston Blowers; Compressors; 
Driving Force of Blowers; Fly-wheels of Cylinder Blowers; Rotary Blowers* 
Fans; Recent American Practice. 




REF RIG ERA TI ON—DR YING 


HAUSBRAND, E. Drying by Means of Air and Steam. With explanations, 

formulas, and tables, for use in practice. Translated from the German 
by A. C. Wright. Ill., 5 x 7 > 4 , 77 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Comparison Between English and Metric Systems and the Centri¬ 
fugal and Fahrenheit Thermometers; Tables and Calculations; Drying Ap¬ 
paratus; Drying by Superheated Steam; Heating Surface; Velocity of Air Cur¬ 
rent ; Dimensions of Drying Room; Surface of the Drying Material; Losses of 
Heat. 

HAUSBRAND, E. Evaporating, Condensing and Cooling Apparatus. 

Explanation, formula and tables for use in practice. Translated from 
the Second Revised German Edition by A. C. Wright. 26 ill., 76 tables, 
5 y 2 x8j4, 400 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: The Coefficient of Transmission of Heat, and the Mean Tempera¬ 
ture Difference; Parallel and Opposite Currents; Apparatus for Heating with 
Direct Fire; Injection of Saturated Steam; Superheated Steam; Evaporation by 
Means of Hot Liquids; Transference of Heat; Evaporation in a Vacuum; Mul¬ 
tiple-effect Evaporator; Weight of Water which must be Evaporated from 100 
kilos, of Liquor in order to bring its Original Percentage of Solids from 1-25 per 
cent, up to 20-70 per cent.; Relative Proportion of the Heating Surfaces in the 
Elements of the Multiple Evaporator and their Real Dimensions; Pressure Ex¬ 
erted by Currents of Steam and Air upon Floating Drops of Water; Motion of 
Floating Drops of Water; Splashing of Evaporating Liquids; The Diameter of 
Pipes for Steam, Alcohol Vapor and Air; Diameter of Water Pipes; Loss of 
Heat from Apparatus and Pipes; Condensers; Heating Liquids by Steam; Cooling 
of Liquids; The Volumes to be Exhausted from Condensers; Air Pumps and the 
Vacua they Produce; Volumetric Efficiency of Air-Pumps; The Volumes of Air 
which must be Exhausted from a Vessel in order to Reduce its Original Pressure 
to a Certain Lower Pressure: Tables. 

LEASE, A. R. Refrigerating Machinery. Its principles and management. 
Fourth Edition. Ill., 5 x 7, 296 pp. Reprinting 

LEDOUX, M. Ice-making Machines. The theory of the action of the 
various forms of cold producing machines. Revised and translated 
by J. E. Denton, D. S. Jacobus and A. Riesenberger. Sixth Edition , 
Revised. 3 $ 4 x 6 , boards, 258 pp. (Van Nostrand Science Series, 
No. 46.) ' $ 0,75 

CONTENTS: Introduction; General Thermodynamic Principles Governing the 

Action of Refrigerating Machinery; Refrigerating Machines Employing the Vapor 
of Volatile Liquids; Compression Systems; Ammonia Absorption Machines. 

MARLOW, THOMAS G. Drying Machinery and Practice. A handbook on 
the theory and practice of drying and desiccating, with classified de¬ 
scription of installations, machinery, and apparatus. 173 ill., 6x9, 
388 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Introductory. Drying by Gravitation, Absorption, and Conden¬ 
sation. Meehan 1 ’cal Drying. Drying by Evaporation. Methods of Applying the 
Heat. Methods of Removing the Vapor. Handling the Materials. Evaporative 
Drying Installations: Floors, Gantries and Rocks, Sheds, Pans and Troughs, Kilns, 
Stoves, Cylinders, Tunnels, Rooms, Ovens, Desiccators, Autoclaves. Bibliography. 
Glossary of Terms. 

PAULDING, C. P. Transmission of Heat Through Cold Storage Insulation, 



176 REFRIGERATION— CONVEYING MACHINERY 

Formulas, principles, and data relating to insulation of every kind. 
A manual for refrigerating engineers. Ill., 541 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: General Principles; Radiation; Air Contact; Formula for a Homo¬ 
geneous Wall and a Wall with an Air Space; Floors and Ceilings; Experimental 
Proof of Formulas; Insulation of Brine Pipes. 

PAULDING, C. P. Practical Laws and Data on the Condensation of Steam 
in Covered and Bare Pipes. To which is added a. translation of Peclet’s 
“Theory and Experiments on the Transmission of Heat Through In¬ 
sulating Materials.” 184 ill., 63^x934, 107 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Loss of Heat from Covered Steam Pipes; Loss of Heat from 
Bare Steam Pipes; Emission and Transmission of Heat; Transmission of Heat 
Through Solid Bodies; Applications of Formulas; Notes on the Use of the 
Formulas. 

WALLIS-TAYLER, A. J. Refrigeration, Cold Storage and Ice-Making. 

A practical treatise on the art and science of refrigeration. With which 
is incorporated “Refrigerating and Ice-Making Machinery.” Third 
Edition , Thoroughly Revised. 414 ill., 6x9’, 610 pp. $5.50 

CONTENTS: Theory and Practice of Refrigeration. Liquifaction Process. Vacu¬ 
um Process. Compression Process or System. Condensers, Water-cooling and 
Saving Apparatus. Absorption and Binary Absorption Process or System. Cold- 
air System. Cocks, Valves, and Pipe Joints and Unions. Refrigeration and Cold 
Storage. Marine Refrigeration. Refrigeration in Dairies. Manufacturing, Indus¬ 
trial and Constructional Applications. Ice-making. Management and Testing 
of Refrigerating Machinery, Etc. Cost of Working. Production of Very Low 
Temperatures. Bibliography of Refrigeration. 

WRIGHT, F. W. The Design of Condensing Plant. A practical treatise. 
96 ill-. *534 x 7J / 2> 210 PP- Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Heat Units, etc.; Jet Condensers; Ejector Condensors; Surface 
Condensers; Design of Jet Condensers; Design of Surface Condensers; Evapora¬ 
tive Condensers; Water Cooling Plant; Air Pump Efficiencies, 

CONVEYING MACHINERY 


B 0 TTCHER, ANTON. Cranes; Their Construction, Mechanical Equipment 
and Working. Translated and supplemented with American, English, 
and Continental practice by A. Tollhausen. 560 ill., 63 plates, 8 T A x 
113/2, 517 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: First Principles or Fundamental Formulas Used in Crane Building 
Practice; Statics, Dynamics, Elasticity, and Strength; General Arrangement of 
Cranes; Traveling, Rotatory, Sheer Legs or Mast Cranes; Special Crane Acces¬ 
sories; Crane Driving Principles; Hand, Shaft, Steam, Hydraulic, Electrical; 
Crane Parts or Accessories; The Design and Calculation of Crane Girders; Full 
Plate, Lattice; Descriptions and Calculations of Various German, American, and 
British Crane Installations; Fourteen Specifications of Various Crane Types; 
Supplementary Tables; An Index to the Articles and Papers Published on Cranes. 

MARKS, E. C. R. Notes on the Construction of Cranes and Lifting 
Machinery. With numerous diagrams and figures. Third Edition, 
Revised and Enlarged. 534 x jy 2 , 268 pp. $ 2.75 

CONTENTS: Pulley Blocks: Crabs and Inches; Hand, Pillar, Whip, Foundry, 
Derrick, Wharf, Portable and Overhead Travelling Cranes; Steam Power Hoists; 
Rower Cranes for Warehouse; Cage or Car Lifts; Steam Cranes; Rope Driven 
and Electric Travelling Cranes; Lifting Jacks; Chains and Ropes; Patented 




CONVEYING MACHINERY 177 

Inventions Relating to Lifting Machinery; Examples of Present Practice by 
Leading Makers of Lifting Machinery. 

VOLK, C. Haulage and Winding Appliances Used in Mines. Translated 
from the German by Charles Salter. 155 ill., 6 plates, 6)4 x 10, 
160 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Ropes; Haulage Tubs and Tracks; Cages and Winding Appliances; 
Winding Engines for Vertical Shafts; Winding Without Ropes; Haulage in Levels 
and Inclines; The Working of Underground Engines; Machinery for Down Hill 
Haulage. 

WALLIS-TAYLER, A. J. Aerial or Wire-Rope Ways. Their construction 
and management. 155 ill., 6x8^, 254 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Details of Construction; Electrically Driven Wire- 

Rope Ways; Examples of Installations of Wire-Rope Ways on the Running or 
Endless Rope System; Wire-Rope Ways for Hoisting and Conveying; Miscel¬ 
laneous Information. 

WILBA, HERMANN. Cranes and Hoists. Their construction and calcula¬ 
tion. Translated from the German by Chas. Salter. 399 ill., MA x 7 ) 4 , 

168 pp. ' $2.00- 

CONTENTS: Elements of Lifting Tackle. Hemp Rope; Wire Ropes; Chains; 
Rope and Chain Pulleys; Rope and Chain Drums; Grooved Chain Wheels and 
Sprockets; Pulley Spindles and Fixings; Guides for Ropes and Chains; Capstans; 
Driving Means for Rope Drums; Hooks; Hand Cranks; Chain Wheels; Holding 
Gears ; Brakes ; Reversing Gears ; Pinions ; Worm Gearing; Bearings ; Bolts ; 
Couplings; Traversing Wheels. Types of Cranes and Hoists. Pulleys and Pulley 
Connections; Winches; Travelling Crabs; Lifting Jacks; Cranes; Tabulated 
Data for Calculation for Oval and Like Link Chains (Table) ; Data for Design 
of Plate Girders (Table). 

ZIMMER, GEORGE F. The Mechanical Handling and Storing of Material. 

Being a treatise on the handling and storing of materials, such as grain, 
coal, ore, timber, etc., by automatic or semi-automatic machinery, to¬ 
gether with the various accessories used in the manipulation of such 
plant. 1044 ill., 7 J 4 x l 9 l A, 766 pp. $ 15.00 

CONTENTS: Continuous Handling of Material. Elevators; Conveyors; Worm 
or Archimedean Screw Conveyors; Push-Plate or Scraper Conveyors; Push- 
Trough Conveyors; Band Conveyors; Steel Plate Conveyors, Slat Conveyors, 
Picking Belts, and Continuous Trough Conveyors; Vibrating or Reciprocating 
Trough Conveyors; Gravity Bucket Conveyors; Summary of Driving Power, 
Speed of Travel, and Wear and Tear of Elevating and Conveying Machinery; 
The Handling of Hot Coke in Gasworks; Coal Face Conveyors; Casting Ma¬ 
chines ; Miscellaneous Conveyors; Tightening and Equalizing Gears for Elevators 
and Conveyors; Conveying by Gravity; Automatic Feeding Devices; The Handling 
of Material by Pneumatic Means; Conveying Material by Hydraulic Means; The 
Mechanical Disposal of Ashes from Steamers. Intermittent Handling of Material. 
Endless Rope and Chain Haulage; Ropeways; Aerial Cableways or Cable Cranes; 
Coaling Vessels at Sea; Mono-Rails and Telphers; Handling Raw Material in 
Connection with Blast-Furnaces; The Mechanical Handling of Coke from Coke 
Ovens. Unloading and Loading Appliances. Discharging by Means of Skips 
and Grabs; Transporters. Bridge or Cantilever Cranes; Unloading Vessels by 
Means of Barge or Ship Elevators and Marine Legs; Floating Loading Devices; 
Unloading by Means of Specially Constructed Self-Emptying Hopper Wagons; 
Unloading Railway Wagons by Means of Tips or Hoists; Colliery Tips or Tip¬ 
plers ; Loading Coal into Ships Otherwise Than by Tips; Miscellaneous Loading 
and Unloading Devices. Miscellaneous Installations. The Coaling of Railway 
Engines; Coal. Coke, and-Ash Handling Plants for Boiler Houses, Gasworks, 
Etc.; Storing of Coal and Other Minerals in Stock Heaps and Silos; The Ware- 


178 CONVEYING MCHY.—MACHINEY SHOP PRACTICE 

housing of Grain; Automatic Weighing of Material; Table Giving Weights of 
Various Materials; Trade Directory of Firms of Repute Who Are Makers of the 
Different Machines for the Mechanical Handling and Storing of Material. 

An authoritative, up-to-date volume on a subject of ever-increasing import¬ 
ance to engineers, manufacturers, contractors, millers and managers of rail¬ 
ways, collieries, mines, gas works and power stations. 

ZIMMER, GEORGE E. Mechanical Handling of Material and Its National 
Importance During and After the War. 134 ill., 10 plates, 7 x 10, 138 
pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Pneumatic Handling; Ash Hoists; Mono-Rails; Stor¬ 
ing of Coal; Conveyers and Elevators and Their Suitability for Different Uses; 
Telphers; Terminal Plant; Mechanical Equipment of Boiler-Houses; Pneumatic 
Ash Conveyors; Mechanical cr Automatic Stokers; Handling of Material in Gas 
Works; Floating Loading Devices; Importance of Coaling Under Way; Oil Fuel 
Bunkering at Sea; Mechanical Trimming of Coal in Bunkers; Portable Loading 
and Unloading Devices; Coaling Locomotive Engines; Concluding Remarks. 

The principal object of this work is to explain to those responsible for the 
output in industrial establishments how to replace men by machines. Ex¬ 
amples of systems and plants in operation are described in the hope that some 
will be found applicable, with modification, to existing establishments for the 
benefit of the owner and the country at large. The installation of plants and 
machines described in this volume have effected a saving of workers, ranging 
with the nature and importance of the plant, of from one to 250 men, more 
than enough for a company of infantry. 


MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE 


BURLEY, GEO. W. The Testing of Machine Tools, no ill., 5x7^, 239 

pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Tests on Machine-Tool Elements and Accuracy; 
Machine-Tool Speed and Speed Tests; Machine-Tool Mechanical Efficiency Tests; 
Cutting Force Tests; Output and Power Consumption Tests; Comparative Tool 
Testing; Commercial Machine-Tool Testing; Lathe Test Report. 

BURLEY, GEO. W. Machine and Fitting Shop Practice. In two volumes. 
Vol. I., Measurements and Gauging; Setting-Out; Vice Work, Chip¬ 
ping, Filing, and Scraping. 194 ill., 4^ x 7 A> 212 PP- $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Materials of Construction; Shop Measurements and 
Measuring Instruments; Gauging and Gauges; Setting-out; Tools and Operations; 
The Vice; The Hammer and Chisel; Chipping; Files, Their Form and Uses; 
Scrapers and Scraping; Appendix. 

Vol. II. Planing, Shaping and Slotting; Drilling, Boring and Ream¬ 
ing; Milling and Gearwheel Cutting; Lathe Work; Grinding and Lap¬ 
ping; Screw-Thread Cutting; Interchangeable System of Manufacture. 
238 ill., 4^ x 7J4, 250 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Planer. Shaper, and Slotter Practice; Drilling, Boring, and Ream¬ 
ing; Milling; Gear-Wheel Cutting; Lathe Methods and Operators; Grinding and 
Lapping; Screw-Threads and Their Formation; Interchangeable System of Man¬ 
ufacture ; Appendix. 

BURLEY, GEORGE W. Lathes, Their Construction and Operation. 200 ill., 

4 ti x y'/ 2 , 242 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Evolution of the Lathe; Classification of Modern Lathes; Hand- 
Turning Lathes; Engine Lathes; Turret Lathes; Vertical Lathes; Special 



MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE 


179 


Lathes; Lathe Accessories; Lathe Cutting Tools; Lathe Work; Cutting 
Speeds and Feeds; Appendix. 

DIXON, D. B. The Machinist’s and Steam Engineer’s Practical Calculator. 

A compilation of useful rules and problems arithmetically solved. 
Fourth Edition. Pocket form, 5^x354, 300 pp. $ 1.25 

CONTENTS: Signs; Definitions; Tables; Decimal Fractions; Proportion; Involu¬ 
tion ; Evolution; Mensuration; Screw Cutting; Gearing; Pumps; Steam Engine 
Indicator; Wire Gauges; Pulleys; Shafts; The Fulcrum; The Injector; Steel; 
Recipes; Steam Boilers; Steam Engine; Rules and Problems. 

DUNKLEY, W. G. The Design of Machine Elements. A handbook for stu¬ 
dents and draughtsmen engaged in engineering design. In two volumes. 
Vol. I. Forces and Stresses, Shafting and Bearings; Couplings, 

Springs. 123 ill., 16 tables, s l / 2 x8> 4 , 210 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Conditions for Equilibrium Between Forces Acting on a &ody; 
Stress, Strain; Twisting and Bending Moment; Shafts and Studs; Bearings, Ped¬ 
estals, Hangers, Wall Brackets and Swivel Bearings; Ball and Roller-Bearings; 
Keys and Couplings; Springs. 

Vol. II. Screws and Bolts, Clutches; Belts and Pulleys, Gearing. 
122 ill., 15 tables, 5^ x8>4, 220 pp. * $2.00 

CONTENTS: Screw Threads, Bolts, and Screws; Belts and Pulleys; Driving 
Clutches; Gearing; Driving Chains, Lifting Chains, Wire Ropes. 

DURHAM, HARRY W. Saws: Their care and treatment. Ill., x 7 pi, 
272 pp. ' $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: General Introductory Notes on Saws; Particulars of Reciprocating 
Saws; Particulars of Circular Saws; Sharpening Saws by Hand Filing; Saw- 
Sharpening Machines; Setting the Teeth of Saws; Hammering and Tensioning 
Circular and Reciprocating Saws; Sharpening Large Band Saws; The Saw 
. Sharpening Room; Small and Narrow Band-Saws; Wide Band-Saws; Tensioning, 
Levelling and Hammering Band-Saws; Doctoring Band-Saws; Miscellaneous; 
Saw Packing and Saw Guides; Power to Drive Sawing Machines. 

A complete reference guide on the care and treatment of saws for all inter¬ 
ested in the art of saw fitting, written in simple, non-technical language, so 
as to be of service to the beginner as well as to the expert. 

GEORGI, F., and SCHUBERT, A. Sheet Metal Working. Cutting, Punching, 
Bending, Folding, Pressing, Drawing, and Embossing Metals and Ma¬ 
chinery for Same. Translated from the German by Chas. Salter. 125 
ill., 2 folding plates, 5^4 X &H> 160 pp. $ 8.50 

CONTENTS: History of the Iron and Sheet Metal Working Industry; The 
Material and Its Properties; Devices and Machines for Bending Sheet Metal; 
Presses and Tools; Curling and Flattening Sheet Metal; Raising and Hollowing; 
Can Making; Slot-Punching Machine; Machines for Making Cutting Tools; 
Press Tools for Making Water Pails; Drawing; Simple Burr Trimming Device; 
Clamps; Rolling Thin Plate; Electric Drive; Standardization; Tool Materials, 
Their Use and Treatment; Learning a Trade; Pneumatic Tools; Appendix and 
Tables. 

PRATT, JAMES A. Elementary Machine Shop Practice. In Press 

CONTENTS: Machine Shop Small Tools; Filing; Scraping; Flat and Cylindrical; 
Deyelopment of Measurement; Measuring Instruments, Linear and Angular; 
Drill and Wire Gauges; Hardening and Tempering; Annealing; Machine Adjust- 
fents; Belting; Emery Wheels and Grindstones; Polishing Wheels; Lathe Tools; 
Lathe Operation; The. Standard Tapers; Drill Press Practice; Sharper Operation; 
Slotter Operation; Grinder Operation; Milling Machine Operation; The Elements 


MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE 


180 


of Gearing; Planer Operation; Machine Shop Calculations; Glossary of Machine 
Shop Terms. 

RANKINE, W. J. M. A Manual of Machinery and Millwork. Seventh 

Edition, Revised, by W. J. Millar. 289 ill., 6x9, 617 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Geometry of Machinery; Elementary Rules of Descriptive 

Geometry; Motions of Primary Moving Pieces in Machines; Motions o 5 Second¬ 
ary Moving Pieces; Elementary Combinations in Mechanism; Aggregate Com¬ 
binations; Adjustments; Dynamics of Machinery; General Principles; Perform¬ 
ance of Work by Machines; Regulating Apparatus; Efficiency and Counter Effi¬ 
ciency of Pieces, Combinations and Trains in Mechanism; Materials, Construc¬ 
tion and Strength of Machinery; Materials Used; Strengths of Materials; Action 
of Cutting Tools. 

REULEAUX, F. The Constructor. A handbook of machine design. Au¬ 
thorized, complete and unabridged translation from the Fourth Enlarged 
German Edition by H. H. Suplee. 1200 ill., 9J4 x 12, 330 pp. $4.00 

CONTENTS: Strength of Materials. This section contains Tables, Formulas 
and full data for determining the strength of all forms used in construction, in¬ 
cluding Beams, Columns, Plates, Rings, Springs, etc., in all materials in practical 
use. The Elements of Graphostatics. Containing a clear explanation of the 
method of making calculations by use of lines instead of algebraic formulas, and 
showing the application of the method to Machine Design as fully as it has here¬ 
tofore been used for Framed Structures. The Construction of Machine Elements. 
Riveting; Hooping; Keying; Bolts and Screws; Journal; Lateral and Thrust; 
Bearings: Lateral and Thrust; Supports for Bearings; Axles; Shafting; Coup¬ 
lings, Rigid, Flexible and Clutch; Simple Levers; Cranks; Combined Levers; 
Connecting Rods; Cross Heads; Friction Wheels; Toothed Gearing; Ratchet 
Gearing, a new and very full treatment of this important subject; Tension Or¬ 
gans, including Belts, Hemp Rope, Wire Rope and Chains, generally considered; 
Belting, Including Capacity and Efficiency, also Proportions of Pulleys; Rope 
Transmission, Including Hemp, Cotton and Wire Rope; also Proportions of 
Sheaves, Construction of Stations, and Arrangement of Long Distance Trans¬ 
mission Systems; Chain Transmission; Pressure Organs, Including Water Motors, 
Pumps, Water-Pressure Engines, Steam Engines, Steering Gear and Meters; 
Conductors for Pressure Organs, . Including Pipes, Pipe Connections, Pistons, 
Plungers, Stuffing Boxes, and a discussion of Long Distance Hydraulic Trans¬ 
mission; Reservoirs for Pressure Organs, Including Tanks, Accumulations and 
Steam Boilers; Valves, Including all Kinds of Lift and Slide Valves, Both Self- 
Acting and Mechanically Operated. Mathematical Tablets. Including Tables of 
Curves, Areas, and Volumes Giving Rectangular and Polar Equation, Moment 
0 lF e . rtia ’ Radius of Curvature, Rectification, and Center of Gravity; also Tables 
° f , Tr If onometri 9 a l Functions and Formulae, Squares, Cubes, Square Roots and 
Cube Roots, Reciprocals, etc., and many constants. 

SAUNDERS, C. H. Handbook of Practical Mechanics for Use in the Shop 
and Draughting 1 Room. Ill., 225 pp. $ 1.50 

Leather, with flap. $2 00 

CONTENTS: Rules, Tables and Formulas and Solutions of Practical Problems by 
Simple and Quick Methods ; Lathe Thread Cutting; Cams ; Bevel and Worm Gears • 
Standard Keys; Bolts; Tapping Drills; Metric System; Weights of Metals; Speed 
of Pulleys; lapers and Angles; Shop Recipes; Wire and Plate Gauges. 

SCRIBNER, J. M. Engineers' and Mechanics’ Companion. Twenty-first 

Edition, Revised. Ill., 4J 4 X 6 J 4 , leather, 273 pp. $1.50 

CONTENTS: U. S. Weights and Measures; French and English Weights and 
Measures; Synopsis of Arithmetic; Mensuration of Surfaces and Solids 1 Of Arti¬ 
ficer s Work; Engineering; Mechanical Powers and Centers; Strength of Materials 1 


MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE 


181 


Hydrodynamics; Motion; Water Wheels; Friction; Effects of Heat; Steam and 
Locomotive Engines; Weight of Metals, Miscellaneous Notes. 

SHAW, THOS. R. The Driving of Machine Tools. 139 ill., 37 tables, 

4j4 x 7/4> 221 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Cone Pulleys and Gearing; Application of the Cone Pulley; The 
All-Gear Drive; Application of Motor Drive; Planning Machine Drives; Drives 
for Various Machines; Miscellany; Appendix. 

SHAW, THOMAS R. Precision Grinding Machines. 170 ill., 5 J4 x 8^4, 
221 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: The Importance and Advantages of Grinding; Cylindrical Grind¬ 
ing Machines; Plane Surface Grinding Machines; Bed and Table Constructions; 
Driving Arrangements; Reversing Mechanism and Automatic Feed; the Wheel 
Head; Work Heads and Tailstocks; Work Holding Devices; Profile and Form 
Grinding; Grinding Wheels; Care and Operation of Grinding Machines; Ap¬ 
pendix. 

General principles governing design and operation in order to get the most 
satisfactory results are given from actual workshop practice. This book 
will be equally beneficial to the engineer and the operator, and help to a 
better understanding and consequently better appreciation of the possibilities 
of grinding, with the inevitable result of increased efficiency in the workshop. 

SMITH, F. E. Handbook of General Instruction for Mechanics. Containing 
useful rules and formulae for practical men. 126 ill., 5/4 x 724 ,> 
336 PP* $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Arithmetic; Arithmetical Signs and Characters; Explanation of 
Solving Formula; Mensuration; Weight; Specific Gravity; Finding Dimensions, 
Measurements and Weight of Different Shaped Vessels and Determination of 
Weight of Different Parts; Primary or Simple Machines; Strength of Materials 
and Questions Relating to Stress; Answers. 

SMITH, ROBERT H. Text-Book of Advanced Machine Work. Prepared 
for students in technical, manual training, and trade schools, and for 
the apprentice in the shop. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 609 
ill., MA x 8 A, 575 PP- $ 3 00 

[(Author is instructor of machine tool work at Massachusetts Institute of 
[Technology.) 

CONTENTS: Engine Lathe Work; Cutting Tools; Measuring; Turning; Fitting; 
■Threading; Chucking; Reaming; Mandrels or Arbors; Curve Turning and 
Forming; Inside Calipers and Inside Micrometers; Boring and Inside Threading; 
Brass Finishing; Broaching; Drilling Jigs; Boring, Boring Bars and Boring 
Machines; Eccentric Turning; Nurling; Cylindrical, Internal Surface and Cutter 
Grinding; Planing; Milling; Spur, Bevel, Worm and Spiral Gear Cutting; Tool¬ 
making; Spiral Milling; The Plug and Button Methods of Locating Holes of 
Precision in Jigs and Fixtures; Sine Bar. 

SMITH, ROBERT H. Text-Book of the Principles of Machine Work. 

Prepared for students in technical, manual training, and trade schools, 
and for the apprentice in the shop. In Press 

CONTENTS: Metals and Materials Used in Machine Construction and Names 
the Tools and Instruments and Schedules of Operations of Hand Processes; 
It treats of Laying Out Work; Chipping, Filing and Scraping; Hardening and 
Tempering Carbon and High-speed Steels; Pipe Fitting; Soldering and Brazing; 
Lacing Belts, Alining Shafting and Installing Machines; Drills and Drilling; 
Taps and Tapping; Speed Lathes, Hand Tools and Hand Turning; Pneumatic 
Chipping and Riveting; Autogenous Welding. . _ T 

The aim of these books—“Advanced Machine Work” and “Principles of Ma¬ 
chine Work” —is to give the beginner the advantages of text-books that he 
may acquire the fundamental as well as advanced principles in a logical, sys- 


MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE—GEARS 


182 


tematic, and progressive manner and in the shortest time possible. Machines, 
mechanisms and tools are illustrated graphically by means of original perspec¬ 
tive and mechanical drawings, and briefly and systematically described by- 
condensed tables. Operations in machining, standard and typical problems 
in machine construction are given in condensed schedules which name the 
material, operations, machines, speeds, feeds, jigs, fixtures and tolls. Calcu¬ 
lations are supplied by condensed rules and formulas. Facts and principles 
are supplied which a student or apprentice in school or shop must rediscover 
or obtain from instructor or foreman. 

ZUR NEDDEN, F. Engineering Workshop Machines and Processes. A hand¬ 
book for the use of students and others taking the workshop training 
recommended by the Institution of Civil Engineers. Translated and 
revised by John A. Davenport, with an Introduction by Alex. B. W. 
Kennedy. Ill., 5^2 x 8 j 4 , 231 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: General Remarks. The Modern Engineering Works. The Materials 
of Construction. Foundry and Pattern Shop. Forging. The Machine Shop. 
Measuring and Marking-off. Fitting, Erecting and Testing. Appendix. The 
Education and Training' of Engineers. 

This work attempts to fill the gap that exists between the usual theoretical 
training of the engineer and his practical work. The author links the com¬ 
mercial side of engineering practice with the theoretical and scientific, and 
points out how the cost of materials in the uses to which it is put and other 
considerations enter into the design of a machine. 

GEARS AND GEAR CUTTING 

HALSEY, E. A. Worm and Spiral Gearing. Second Edition, Revised and 
Enlarged. 26 folding plates, 3^4x6, boards, 95 pp. (Van Nostrand 
Science Series, No. 116.) $ 0.75 

CONTENTS: Worm Gearing. Theory of Worm Efficiency; Examples from Prac¬ 
tice ; Limiting Speed and Pressure; Step Bearings. Spiral Gearing. Spiral Gears 
Compared with Spur Gears; Speed Ratio; Preliminary Solution; Lengths of Nor¬ 
mal Helixes; Final Solution by Changing the Center Distance; Graphical Solution 
with Changed Center Distance; Final and Graphical Solutions with Unchanged 
Center Distance: Finding the Pitch of the Tooth Helix; Special and Graphical 
Solutions for a Helix Angle of 45 Degrees; Special and Graphical Solutions for 
Gears of Equal Diameters; Selection of the Cutter. 

HORNER, JOSEPH G. Gear Cutting. In theory and Practice. 367 ill., 

6 x 8 }i, 406 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Principles of Design. Elements of Tooth Forms; Tooth Curves; 
Pitches; Tooth Proportions; Gears Related to the Spurs; Bevel Gears. Methods 
of Cutting. Form Cuttings; Form Planing and Generating Methods. Machines. 
Machines Using Form Cutters; Form Planing; Machines That Generate by Plan¬ 
ing Tools; Machines That Generate Bevels by Planing; Generating by Hobbing; 
Generating by Milling; Materials, Manufacture and Strength; Appendix. 

INGHAM, A. E. Gearing. A practical treatise. 57 ill. 6x9, 194 pp. 

$ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Spur Gears; Bevel Gears; Worm Gearing; Spiral Gearing; Spiral 
Gears ; Helical Gears ; Appendix. 

Presents in a very simple manner the general scientific principles which under¬ 
lie the subject, and gives particulars of the most approved methods of solving 
problems associated with the various forms of gears. The information is 
described and classified, and numerical examples are included illustrating the 
application of data. Numerous tables and charts are given from which almost 
the whole of the necessary particulars can be obtained without calculation. 



ILLUMINATION—GAS 


183 


WHITE, G. T. Toothed Gearing. 136 ill., 5x7^4, 226 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Kinematics; The Spur Wheel, Cycloidal Teeth; Annular Wheels, 
Cycloidal Teeth; The Spur Wheel. Involute Teeth; Obliquity of Action; Pin Gearing; 
Non-Circular, Lobed, Helical, Bevel and Skew Bevel Wheels; Worm Gearing; Oblique 
Worm and Wheel; Screw Wheels or Spiral Wheels; Strength of Teeth; Durability 
Trains of Wheels; The Odontograph. 


ILLUMINATION 


BLOCH, L. The Science of Illumination. An outline of the principles of 
artificial lighting. Translated by W. C. Clinton. 47 ill., 32 tables,. 
534 x 8^4, 190 pp. ' $ 2 - 50 


CONTENTS: Fundamental Units in Illumination. Measurement and Calcula¬ 
tion of Luminous Intensity, or Candle-Power. Estimation of Illumination. Cal¬ 
culation of Illumination. Measurement of Illumination. Indirect Lighting. 

Deals 11 with" the estimation, calculation and measurement of illumination. The 
book starts with an exposition of the fundamental principles and gives meth¬ 
ods for determining mean spherical and mean hemispherical candle power. 

The methods of predetermination for direct lighting are shown to be applic¬ 
able to indirect lighting provided the necessary experimental data are available. 


ECK, J. Light, Radiation and Illumination. Translated from the German 
of Paul Hogner. 59 ill., folding plates, S >4 x8/ 2 , 100 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Light Emission from Surfaces; Light Emission from Bodies; Light 
Emission from Arc Lamps; Illumination (Radiation Density); Unidirectional 
Illumination; Calculation Methods; The Horizontal Surface Illumination of 
Streets and Open Spaces; Determination of Vertical Surface Illumination from 
Mean Horizontal Surface Illumination. 

H 0 UST 0 UN, R. A. Studies in Light Production. 22 ill., 5 H X $ 3 A> 120 PP’ 

$ 2.00 

CONTENTS: The Energy Spectrum; The Black Body; Flames; Welsbach Mantlee 
Carbon Glow Lamp; The Arc; The Nernst Lamp; Metal Filament Lamps; Th; 
Mercury Arc; Light of the Future; On the Absolute Measurement of Light; A Pro¬ 
posal for an Ultimate Light Standard; On Apparatus and Experimental Methods. 
These studies were written for the purpose of collecting information about the 
efficiency of our artificial illuminants as energy transformers, both for the sake of 
rendering the facts readily accessible and also for information as to the lines 
future progress is likely to take. 


ACETYLENE LIGHTING 

GIBBS, W. E. Lighting by Acetylene, Generators, Burners and Electric 

Furnaces. Second Edition, Revised. 66 ill., 5/4 x 7 / 4 > 1 7 ° PP- $ 1-50 

CONTENTS: Acetylene; Dangers; Electric Furnaces; Generation of Acetylene; 
Dry and Wet Process Generators; The Plunger; Impurities of Carbide and 
Acetylene; Lamps; Burners; Experiments; Fire Regulations; U. S. Patents. 

.t*j**Ai-* • 

GAS AND CAS LIGHTING 

BIRCHM 0 RE, W. H. Interpretation of Gas Analyses. Ill., 5 x 7^2, 86 pp. 

$ 1.25 

CONTENTS: Introduction; The Translation of the Analysis; The Atmosphere; 





184 


GAS AND GAS LIGHTING 


Specific Gravity and Liter Weights; Combustion; Products; The Immaterial 
Products of Combustion; Tension of Aqueous Vapor According to Regnault. 


ERANZEN, H. Exercises in Gas Analysis. Translated from the first Ger¬ 
man edition, with corrections and additions by the author, by Thomas 
Callan. 30 diagrams, 5x734, 127 pp. $1.00 

Presents a systematic introduction to the methods used in gas analysis, grad¬ 
ing the exercises carefully from easy to more difficult ones, and to each 
exercise adding a brief discussion of the theoretical questions involved. The 
well tried methods of Hempel and Bunte have received special attention. 


HOLE, W. The Distribution of Gas. Third Edition. 687 ill., 6 % x 8 %, 
865 pp. $ 8.50 

CONTENTS: Rights and Duties of Gas Undertakings; Preliminary Considerations; 
Discharges from Pipes; Discharges from Pipes under High Pressure; Station Gover¬ 
nors; Districting; District Governors; Cast Iron Pipes and Irregulars; Steel Pipes 
and Connections; Joints and Jointing; Main-Laying; Valves and Main Cocks; Sub¬ 
ways; Service; Wet-Dry, Prepayment, and Fixing Meters; Pipes and Joints for 
Internal Fitting; Internal Fitting and Lighting; Gas Fires and Cookers; Gas Engines; 
Pressure Gauges and Registers; Complaints and Repairs; Gas as an Aid to Ventila¬ 
tion. Public Lighting. Low-Pressure Self-Intensifying and High-Pressure Systems; 
Lighting and Extinguishing Lamps; High-Pressure Distribution and Transmission; 
Compressors; High Pressure; Distributing Apparatus; Internal Lighting and Heat¬ 
ing; Unaccounted-For Gas; Fusion and Electrolysis; Appendix. 

A complete and comprehensive treatise embodying all that is required as an outfit 
on the subject of distribution, not only to students, but also to managers of gas 
works. This new edition has been much enlarged and brought up to date by the 
addition of much new matter and the careful compression of the old material. 

LANGE, K. R. The By-Products of Coal-Gas Manufacture. Trans, bv Chas. 
Salter. 13 ill., 5 x 7%, 162 pp. ' $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Production of Coal Gas; Coke; Retort Graphite; Gas Tar; The Gas 
Liquor; Treatment of the Gas-Purifying Agents; Treating the Cyanogen Sludge; 
Treating the Crude Liquors; Treatment of the Crude Ammonium Thiocyanate 
and Cuprous Thiocyanate; Potassium Ferricyanide; The Cyanogen Pigments; 
Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid. 

jATTA, M. N. Handbook of American Gas-Engineering' Practice. Ill., 

6% x 8%, fabrikoid, 477 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Water Gas Manufacture; Generator; Carburetter; Superheater; 
Wash-Box and Tar; Scrubbers; Condensers; Purifiers; Exhausters; Station- 
Meters; Holders; Works Operation; Gas Distribution; Naphthalene; Mains; Serv¬ 
ices; Consumers’ Meters; Pressure; House Piping; Appliances; General Tech¬ 
nical Data; Properties of Gases; Steam; Mathematical Tables; Conversion Fac¬ 
tors; Pipe and Miscellaneous Data. 


.EWES, V. B. The Carbonisation of Coal. A scientific review of the 
formation, composition and destructive distillation of coal for gas, coke 
and by-products. 27 ill., 6x8%, 330 pp. c '$5.00 


CONTENTS: The Formation, Composition, Classification, and Distribution of 
Coal. Form of Retorts used in Gas Manufacture. Coke Ovens and their Develop¬ 
ment. Conditions existing in the Destructive Distillation of Coal. Primary Gaseous 
Products of the Destructive Distillation of Coal and the Bodies from which it has 
been formed Tar; Its Formation, Use and Decomposition. Coke. Nitrogen and 
bulphur of Coal, and their Recovery. iVIodern Coal Gas. Appendix 

The chemical and mechanical principles involved in the destructive distillation 
of coal are carefully pointed out and the work of various investigators critically 
presented together with much data gathered from the author’s own recent investi 
gat.ons and he attempts to define the probable lines along which future advances 
in the carbonization of coal may be expected, u ' es 


GAS AND GAS LIGHTING 


185 


LUNGE, GEORGE. Technical Gas Analysis. 143 ill., 6x9, 422 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: General Remarks on Technical Gas. Sampling; Measurement of 
Gases; Measuring Apparatus; Adjustment or Calibration of Gas-Measuring Ap¬ 
paratus; Measuring in Gas-meters; Various Apparatus for Gas Analysis. Meth¬ 
ods Employed in Technical Gas Analysis. Estimation of Solid and Liquid Ad¬ 
mixtures in Gases; Estimation of Gases by Absorption: (a) by gas-volumetric 
methods, (b) by titration, (c) by weight; Estimation of Gases by Combustion; 
Gas Analysis by Optical and Acoustical Methods; Separation of Gases by Low 
Temperatures; Estimation of the Specific Gravity of Gases; Measurement of 
Pressure and of Draught; Determination of the Calorific Value and Illuminating 
Power of Gases. Special Methods for Detecting and Estimating Various Gases 
and Vapors Occurring in Technical Operations. Analysis of Gaseous Mixtures 
Produced on a Large Scale. Compressed and Liquified Gases. Gas Volumetric 
Analysis. Appendix. Tables. 

A comprehensive and generally useful work for chemists working on gas 
analysis. The work of other investigators is quoted only where it would he 
helpful toward a better use of the book, and for this reason the author does 
not attempt to mention everything published on the subject. This book super¬ 
seding, as it does, Winkler and Lunge’s previous work, is not based on the 
former, and is in reality an entirely new treatise. 

MEADE, ALWYNE. Modern Gas Works Practice. With an introductory 
note by Stanley H. Jones, M. Inst. C. E. 340 ill., 7 J 4 x 9 H> 54 ° PP- $8.50 

CONTENTS: The Planning and Laying Out of Gasworks Foundations* Gas¬ 
works’ Buildings, etc.; The Horizontal Retort Bench ; Control of Horizontal Re¬ 
tort Settings; Vertical Retorts and Chamber Ovens; Refractory Materials; Retort- 
Bench Appurtenances; Mechanical Handling of Materials; Electrical Plant in 
Gasworks; Gas-Making and Other Coals; Carbonization of Coal; Condensation 
of Coal Gas; Exhausting Machinery; Preliminary Purification of Coal Gas; Re¬ 
covery of Cyanogen; Dry Purification of Coal Gas; Storage of Gas; Water Gas: 
Its Manufacture, Enrichment and Use. 

“MENTOR.” Self Instruction for Students in Gas Engineering: 

Elementary. Fourth Edition. Ill., 5 x 734 , 192 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Carbonization; Effect of Temperature on Quantity and Quality of 
Gas Produced; Apparatus Employed for Conveying Cas Immediately on Its Leav¬ 
ing the Retorts; Condensation; The Exhauster; Removal of Impurities; Testing 
for Impurities and for Value of By-Products; Pressure and Exhaust; Construc¬ 
tion of Governors; Main and Service Laying; Testing for Illuminating Power; 
Correcting the Volume of Gas for Temperature and Pressure* Ammonia Re¬ 
covery. 

Advanced. Third Edition. Ill., 5 x 734 , 245 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Cor.ls and Coal Testing; Effect of Temperature on Carbonization; 
Composition of Coal Gas; Testing for Impurities; Gas Analysis; Heating of Re¬ 
tort Settings; Photometry, Calorimetry and Pyrometry; Carburetted Water Gas; 
Sulphate of Ammonia Manufacture; Labor Saving Machinery; Inclined and Ver¬ 
tical Retorts; Carburation and Naphthalene; Cyanogen Recovery and Purification; 
Gas Holder Construction; Points in Management; Delivery of Gas Through 
Mains. 

“MENTOR,” Self-Instruction for Students in Gas Supply: 

Elementary. 74 ill., 5 x 734 , 135 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Station Governors; General Arrangement of Mains and Use of 
District Governor; Mains and Main Laying; Plumbing; Gas Meters; Service 
Laying and Meter Fixing; Interior Fixings; Governors and Burners; Shades, 
Globes, etc.; Construction and Fixing of Cookers, Fires etc.; Construction and 
Operation of Gas Engines. 


186 


GAS—MATERIALS OF ENGINEERING 


Advanced. 51 ill., 5x7^4, no pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Flow of Gas in Mains; Pipes of Various Materials; Electrolysis; 
Methods of Dealing with Naphthalene and Other Stoppages; Ascertaining the 
Pressure in Gas Mains; Pressure Recording Instruments; Gases and Their toxi¬ 
cological Effects; First Aid; High Pressure Distribution; Calorimetry; Informa¬ 
tion for Gas Fitters; Street and Indoor Lighting; Unaccounted-for Gas; Ventila¬ 
tion; Law Effecting Gas Supply. 

NEWBIGGING, T. Handbook for Gas Engineers and Managers. Eighth 

Edition. 217 ill., 6^2 x 8*4, leather, 596 pp. $7.50 

CONTENTS: Coal; Chief Kinds of Coal; Storage of Coal; Analyses of Coals 
and Cannels; Spontaneous Ignition of Coal; Gases Occluded in Coal; Testing 
of Coal for Its Producing Qualities; Specific Gravity of Coal; Coal Distillation; 
Gas Production; Retort House; Retort Stack; Retorts; Heating of Retorts; 
Inclined Retorts; Machine Charging and Drawing; Analysis of Furnace Gases; 
Retort Bench Mountings; Hydrocarbon and Other Gases and Vapors; Retort 
House Tools and Appliances; Condensation; Naphthalene; Condensers; Exhaus¬ 
ters; Steam Engines and Boilers; Washers; Tower-Scrubbers; Washer-Scrub¬ 
bers; Bye-Pass Mains and Valves; Tar and Liquor Wells and Tanks; Purifica¬ 
tion; Purifying House; Purifiers; Notes on Lime; Lime Burning; Station Meters 
and Other Indicating and Recording Apparatus; Gas-holder Tanks; Gas-holders; 
Governors; Main Pipes: Main Pipe Joints; Wrought-iron and Steel Main Pipes; 
Laying of Main Pipes; Explosions in Main Pipes; Testing of Mains in the 
Ground; Electrolysis of Mains and Service Pipes; Discharge of Gas Through 
Main Pipes; Service Pipes and Fittings; Public Lighting; Consumers’ Gas Me¬ 
ters; Testing Meters; Internal Fittings; Coal Gas Testings; Appliances and 
Methods; Tests for Impurities; Illuminating Power; Foreign and Other (pro¬ 
posed) Home Standards of Light; Jet Photometers; Specific Gravity of Gas; 
Enrichment of Coal Gas; Public Illuminations; Colored Fires; Illumination De¬ 
vices; Use of Gas for Purposes Other Than Lighting; Residual Products; Coke 
and Breeze; Coal Tar; Ammonical Liquor; Sulphur Recovery; Cyanogen; Coal 
Products; Elementary Substances; Chemical and Other Memoranda; The Gas In¬ 
dustry; Cost of Gas-Works: Bricks and Brickwork; Mortar and Concrete; Iron, 
Steel, and Other Metals; Velocity and Force of the Wind; Specific Gravity and 
Weight of Various Substances; Office Memoranda; Approximate Multipliers; 
Tables of Diameters, Circumferences, Areas of Circles and Sides of Equal 
Squares; Weights and Measures; French Weights and Measures; Decimal Sys¬ 
tem; Money Tables. 

O’CONNOR, H. The Gas Engineers’ Pocketbook. Comprising tables, notes 
and memoranda relating to the manufacture, distribution and use of 
coal gas and the construction of gas works. Third Edition, Revised. 
Ill., x 7, full leather, 478 pp. $4.00 

PUTSCH, A. Gas and Coal Dust Firing. A critical review of the various 
appliances patented in Germany for this purpose since 1885. Trans¬ 
lated from the German by Charles Salter. 103 ill., cloth, 

124 pp. ' $2.50 

CONTENTS: Generators; Generators Employing Steam; Stirring and Feed 
Regulating Appliances; Direct Generators; Burners; Regenerators and Recuper¬ 
ators ; Glass Smelting Furnaces; Metallurgical Furnaces; Pottery Furnace; Coal 
Dust Firing. 


MATERIALS OF ENGINEERING 

ANDREWS, EWART S. The Strength of Materials. A textbook for en¬ 
gineers and architects. Ill., 6x9, 614 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Stress, Strain and Elasticity; Behaviors of the Various Materials 
Under Tests; Repetition of Stresses; Working Stresses; Riveted Joints; Thin 



MATERIALS OF ENGINEERING 


187 

Pipes; Bending Moments and Shearing Forces on Beams; Geometrical Proper¬ 
ties of Sections; Stresses in Beams; Deflections of Beams; Columns; Stanchions 
and Struts; Torsion and Twisting of Shafts; Springs; The Testing of Materials; 
Fixed and Continuous Beams; Distribution of Shearing Stresses in Beams; Flat 
Plates and Slabs; Thick Pipes; Curved Beams; Rotating Drums, Disks, and 
Shafts; Exercises; Appendix; Mathematical Tables. 

CHARNOCK, G. F. Mechanical Technology. Ill., 6x9, 645 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Production and Properties of the Chief Materials of Construction. 
Physical Properties of Materials; Iron; Pig Iron; Wrought Iron; Steel—Classi¬ 
fication and Methods of Manufacture; Crucible Cast Steel; The Bessemer Process; 
The Open-Hearth, or Siemens Process; Structure of Alloys; Steel as an Alloy of 
Carbon and Iron; Special or Alloy Steels; Nickel, Chrome-nickel, Chrome-vana¬ 
dium, Tungsten, and Manganese Steels; High-speed Tool Steel; Heat Treatment 
of Steel; Hardening and Tempering; Annealing; Case Hardening; Non-ferrous 
Metals—Physical and Chemical Properties, Methods of Smelting, and Chief Uses 
of Copper, Tin, Zinc, Lead, Aluminium, Antimony, and Nickel; Copper-Zinc 
Alloys; Copper-Tin Alloys; White-metal Alloys ; Anti-friction and Bearing 
Metals; Miscellaneous Alloys; Properties and Uses of the Principal Varieties of 
Timber; Defects in Timber; Seasoning; Effects of Shrinkage; Preservation of 
Timber ; Properties and Uses of the Principal Varieties of Stone, and of Cement, 
Asphalt, Concrete, Asbestos, Abrasive Materials, Carborundum, etc. Other Mate¬ 
rials Used for Mechanical Purposes. Oils, Lubricants, etc.; Varieties and Methods 
of Testing; Leather, India-rubber, and Guttapercha, and Their Uses; Leather 
and Woven Belting ; Hydraulic Packing, etc. Preparatory Processes. Processes 
Depending upon the Property of Fusibility. The Production of Castings; Found- 
dry Practice; Precautions in Designing Castings; Stresses Due to Contraction in 
Cooling; Methods of Moulding, and the Tools and Appliances Employed; Chill 
Casting—Examples of Its Use; The Foundry, Its Arrangement and Equipment; 
The Brassfoundry; The Production of Steel. Castings; The Small Converter; 
Malleable Iron Castings; Pouring the Molten Metal; Ladles; Cleaning and 
Fettling Castings; Defects in Castings and the Remedy; Foundry Mixtures; 
Chemical Analysis; Calculation of Mixtures; Analysis of Castings for Different 
Purposes; Aids to Moulding; Plate and Machine Moulding; Examples of Leading 
Types of Moulding Machines; Core-making Machines; Die Casting. Processes 
Depending upon the Properties of Malleability and Ductility. Operations of 
Forging and Stamping; Smith Work and the Production of Forgings; Tools 
Used by the Smith in Forging; Forging Machinery; Stearn and Power Hammers 
for the Smithy; Tools for Steam Hammer Work; Classification of Operations 
in Forging; The Smithy: Its Arrangement and Equipment; Simple Examples of 
Hand Forging; The Forge and Its Equipment; The Forge Hammer; The Hy¬ 
draulic Forging Press; Examples of Heavy Forging in Iron and Steel; Engine 
Connecting Rods, Crankshafts, etc.; Drop Forging or Stamping, and Examples 
of Its Use; Nut and Bolt Forging Machine; Bending Press, or “Bull-dozer” ; 
Production of Parts by Rolling; Action of Rolls; The Rolling Mill; Wire-draw¬ 
ing and Wire-drawing Machinery; The Drawbench; The Continuous Process; 
The Manufacture of Tubes; The Draw-bench for Tubes; Weldless Steel Tubes; 
Lead Pipe, etc.; Extrusion of Metals; The Manipulation of Sheet Metals by 
Flanging, Dishing, Drawing, Embossing, etc.; The Drawing Press and Examples 
of Work; Coining Press. 

MARKS, E. C. R. Mechanical Engineering Materials. Their properties and 
treatment in construction. Second Edition. 38 ill., 5 x j l / 2 , 100 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Cast Iron; Wrought or Finished Iron; Steel; Copper; Brass; 
Bronzes; Aluminum; White Metal for Bearings. 

MUNBY, ALAN E. Introduction to the Chemistry and Physics of Building 

Materials. Ill., 6x814, 365 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) 

$ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Elementary Science: Natural Laws and Scientific Investiga¬ 
tions; Measurement and the Properties of Matter; Air and Combustion. Nature 


MATERIALS OF ENGINEERING—TIMBER 


188 


and Measurements of Heat and Its Effects on Materials. Chemical Signs and 
Calculations. Water and Its Impurities. Sulphur and the Nature of Acids 
and Bases. Coal and Its Products. Outlines of Geology. Building Materials: 
The Constituents of Stones. Clays and Cementing Materials. Classification. 
Examination and Testing of Stones. Brick and Other Clays. Kiln reactions 
and the Properties of Burnt Clays. Plasters and Limes. Cements. Theories 
upon the Setting of Plasters and Hydraulic Materials. Artificial Stone. Oxy¬ 
chloride Cement. Asphalate. General Properties of Metals. Iron and Steel. 
Other Metals and Alloys. Timber, Paints: Oils, Thinners and Varnishes; 
Bases, Pigments and Driers. 

POPPLEWELL, W. C. Strength of Materials. A manual for students of 

engineering. 105 ill., 6x9, 192 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Stress, Strain and Elasticity; Direct, Tangential and Oblique 

Stresses; Stresses in Beams; Bending and Shearing Actions; Moment of Inertia 
Determinations; Deflection of Beams; Shear Stress in Loaded Beams; Relation 
Between Load and Stress in Prismatic Bar; Pillars, Struts or Columns; Torsion 
and Springs; Torsion Combined with Bending; Strength of Cylinders; Riveted 
Joints; Strength of Materials as Shown by the Results of Tests; The Limits of 
Elasticity; Materials Used in Construction; Questions. 

SEXTON, A. H. Chemistry of the Materials of Engineering. A handbook 

for engineering students. Third Edition. 35 ill., 5 / 4 x 7 / / 2 > 347 PP- 

$ 3.00 

CONTENTS: The Sources and Chemistry of Iron; Pig Iron; Malleable Iron; 
Manufacture of Pig and Malleable Iron; Steel; Hardening and Tempering; 
Preparation; The Foundry; Working of Iron and Steel; Corrosion and Protection; 
Micro Structure; Copper; Lead, Zinc, Tin; Alloys; Wood; Stone; Clay; Mortars 
and Cements; Fuel; Water; Lubricants; Paints and Varnishes; Minor Materials. 

SMITH, C. A. M. A Handbook of Testing. MATERIALS. 135 ills., 6x9, 
296 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction; General Properties of Materials; Machines for Tension. 
Compression, and Bending Tests; Strain-Measuring Instruments; Methods and 
Results of Tests on Materials; Torsion Testing; Impact and Hardness Tests; 
Shear and Miscellaneous Tests; Alternating Stress Tests; The Testing of Cements, 
Reinforced Concrete and Stone; The Testing of Timber; Experiments in College 
Laboratories; Appendices; Bibliography; Useful Constants. 

SULLIVAN, T. V., and UNDERWOOD, N. Testing and Valuation of Building 
and Engineering Materials. Ill., 6x9, about 400 pp. In Press 

TIMBER 


BATERDEN, J. R. Timber. 54 ill., 6 x 8 j 4 , 360 pp. (Van Nostrand’s 

Westminster Series.) $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Timber; The World’s Forest Supply; Quantities of Timber Used; 
Timber Imports into Great Britain; European, United States and Canadian Tim¬ 
ber; Timbers of South America, Central America, West India Islands, India, 
Burma, Andaman Islands, Straits Settlements, Malay Peninsula, Japan and South 
and West Africa, Australian Timbers; Timbers of New Zealand and Tasmania; 
Causes of Decay and Destruction of Timber; Seasoning and Impregnation of Tim¬ 
ber; Defects in Timber and General Notes; Strength and Testing of Timber; 
“Figure” in Timber. 

CHARPENTIER, P. Timber. A comprehensive study of wood in all its 
aspects, commercial and botanical. Showing the different applications 



and uses of timber in various (trades, etc. Translated from the French 
by J. Kennell. 178 ill., 6|4 x 10, 453 pp. $ 6.00 

CONTENTS: Physical and Chemical Properties of Wood; Description of the 
Different Species of Wood; Division of the Useful Varieties of Timber in the 
Different Countries of the World; Forests; The Preservation of Timber; Appli¬ 
cations of Timber. ^ 


STONE, H. The Timbers of Commerce and Their Identification. Illustrated 
with 186 photomicrographs of sections prepared by Arthur Deane. 
5 x 9 - $4.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Practical Hints; Description of Species; Magno- 
liaceae; Anonaceae; Bixineaae; Dipterocarpeae; Malvaceae; Tiliaceae; Zygophyl- 
iaceae ; Rutaceae; Simarubeae; Olacineae; Ilicineae; Platanace^; Unknown Species 
of Dicotyledons; Comferae; Scales of Measurement; Bibliography. 


WAGNER, JOSEPH B. Seasoning of Wood. A treatise on the natural and 
artificial processes employed in the preparation of lumber for manu¬ 
facture with detailed explanations of its uses, characteristics and prop¬ 
erties. 101 ill., 6x9, 275 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Timber; Coniferous Trees; Broad-leaved Trees; Grain, Color, 
Odor, Weight and Figures in Wood; Enemies of Wood: Water in Wood - What 
Seasoning Is; Advantages of Seasoning; Difficulties of Drying Wood; How 
Wood is Seasoned; Kiln-Drying of Wood; Types of Dry Kilns; Dry Kiln Spe¬ 
cialties; Helpful Appliances in Kiln Drying. P 


Until quite recently very little attention has been paid to the proper seasoning 
of wood, other than that by keeping lumber exposed for a period of time 
after sawing it was then ready (seasoned) for use. Recently, however, wood 
users have become much interested in the operations of kiln-drying and its 
advantages, so that the need for a practical treatise on technical features of 
this process is keenly felt. Mr. Wagner’s book contains the results of many 
years of practical working with lumber, and is based on a close study of the 
different species of wood under varying mechanical temperatures and under 
different drying processes. 


WALLIS TAYLER, A. J. The Preservation of Wood. A descriptive treatise 
on the processes and on the mechanical appliances used for the preser¬ 
vation of wood. 119 ill., 6x9, 344 pp. $4.00 

CONTENTS: Destruction of Wood by Decay and the Ravages of Insects; 
Reasoning or Drying Wood; Preservative Treatment of Wood, Principal Preser- 
vative Agents and Processes; Various Proprietary and Other Preservative Solu- 
Treatrnenf Llfe of . Wood; Fire-proofing and Fire-retardant 

Memoranda f etc V d; ^ ° f Preservatlve Treatment; Useful Formulae, Tables, 

$ 2.00 


NAVAL AND MARINE 

NAVAL 

BARNARD J. H. The Naval Militiaman's Guide. Second Edition. 51 ill., 

424 x 6, no pp. • $1.00 

CONTENTS: Phraseology; Rigs and Types of Vessels; Spars and Standing Rig¬ 
ging- Sails and Running Rigging; Ground Tackle; Handling Ship’s Boats: Under 
Oars; Under Sail; Handling of Steamers; Minimum Qualifications of Each Naval 
Militia Grade. 

BRASSEY, EARL, and LEYLAND, JOHN (Editors)- The Naval Annual, 1919 . 

111., 6)4 x 9>4, 536 pp- $10.00 

A summary of the work of the world’s navies in the war and a digest, 
together with statistics of the navies of today. 

DINGER, H. C. Handbook For the Care and Operation of llaval Machinery. 

Third Edition, Thoroughly Revised and Enlarged. 150 ill., 5 folding 
plates, 5)4 x 724 , flexible'fabrikoid, 437 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Nau¬ 
tical Manuals.) $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Operation of Naval Machinery. Getting Underway; Running En¬ 
gines Underway: Accidents Underway. Care and Overhaul of Main Plant. Gen¬ 
eral Rules Tor Overhauling Machinery; Cylinders; Valves and Valve Gear; 
Engine Adjustments; Lining Up Engines; Oiling Gear; Condenser and Pumps. 
Fittings and Auxiliaries. Joints and Packing; Stuffing Boxes; Lagging and Cloth¬ 
ing; Feed and Filter Tanks; Feed Heating; Evaporators and Distillers; Heating 
System; Steam Launches; Refrigerating Plant; Gages and Thermometers; Revo¬ 
lution Counters; Piping; Valves and Cocks. Care and Preservation Sub-Division 
of Hull. Cleaning, Painting, Points in) Doing Work; Care and Sub-Division of 
Hull. -Special Auxiliary Engines. Steam Steering Gear; Air Compressors; Blow¬ 
ers and Blower Engines; Hoists- and Ejectors; Workshop Machinery. Spare 
Parts and Tests. Outfit of Tools and Spare Parts; Tests of Machinery and 
Piping. 

MARINE BOILERS 

GRAY, J. Practical Design of Marine Single-Ended and Double-Ended 
Boilers. 21 ill., 4 plates, 29 tables, 5)4 x 7 ) 4 , 94 pp- Reprinting 

Treats the subject of the design of large boilers in a general composite way, 
giving information of all the difficult points that may arise in connection with this 
work. A large number of very valuable tables are given that are gathered together 
here for the first time. 

McKNIGHT, J. D., and BROWN, A. W. Design of Marine and Tubular 
Boilers. A treatise for marine engineers, marine draughtsmen and 
students. 6*4 x 10, 48 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Particulars of Boiler; Position of Views; Furnace Centers; Tube 
Spacing; Detail of Furnace; Longitudinal Section of Boiler; Firebox Side Stays 
and Botton Joints; Staying in Steam Space and of Firebox Backs; Details of Shell 
Riveting; Position of Breast and Botton Water Space Stays; Detail of Portable 
Stay; Front and Back Tube Plate Staying; Detail of Reverse Flange Type Furnace. 

MARINE ENGINES AND TURBINES 

BRAGG, E. M. The Design of Marine Engines and Auxiliaries, no ill., 4 
folding plates, 6x9, 192 pp. $ 4.00 

(Author is professor naval architecture and marine engineering in the University 
of Michigan,) 






MARINE ENGINES AND TURBINES 


191 


CONTENTS: Determination of Cylinder Dimensions. Design of Engine Parts. 
Working Stress Factors; Shafting; Torsional Vibration of Shafting; Piston 
Rods ; Crossheads and Slippers; Connecting Rods; Pistons; Cylinders and Cov¬ 
ers; Main Bearings; Engine Framing; Cylinder Arrangements; Valve Diagram; 
Valves and Valve Gear. Engine Balancing. Condensers and Air Pumps. Effect 
of Air upon Condensation. Turning Engines and Reversing Engines. 

A thorough detailed discussion of modern practice in designing and laying 
down marine engines and their auxiliaries. The methods of designing that 
are accepted as standards are explained and much of the matter that is 
original with the author is included. 

HOPKINS, N. M. Model Engines and Small Boats. New methods of engine 
and boiler making, with a chapter on elementary ship design and con¬ 
struction. 50 ill., 524 x 8, cloth, 84 pp. $ 1.25 

CONTENTS: Single and Double Acting Engines; New Method of Cylinder¬ 

making; Model Reversing Screw-engine; Shell Boiler; Safety-valve; Water-tube 
Boiler; Elementary Designing; Hull Construction. 

POLLOCK, WALTER. Hot Bulb Oil Engines and Suitable Vessels. 368 ill., 

numerous folding plates, 6x9, 448 pp. In Press 

CONTENTS: Historical; Advantages, Requirements; Makes of Engines; Oper¬ 
ation of Engines,- Various Makes Described; Engine Design, Materials, Reverse 
Engines; Hot Bulbs, Fuel Pumps, Governors, Engine Parts, Deck Control, 
Lubrication, Pump Drive, Silencers, Air Containers, Tail Shafts, Propellers; 
Oil Fuels; Designs of Vessels, Hulls, Shaft Lines, Powers and Speeds, Cargo 
Capacity. Ocean-Going Vessels, Coasting Vessels, Lighters and Barges, Oil Tank¬ 
ers, Tugs, Auxiliary Sailing Vessels, Fishing Vessels, Tropical Vessels, Yachts, 
Launches, Canal Barges, Aerial Propulsion, Hopper Barges; Hints on Working 
Engine; Hints for Installing Engine; Auxiliary Machinery; Motor Winches; 
Stearing Gears; Electric Generating Sets; Air Compressors; Bilge and Deck 
Service Pumps. 

REED. STANLEY J. Turbines Applied to Marine Propulsion. 113 ill., fold¬ 
ing plates, 724 xii, 182 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Thermodynamics; Turbine Types; Nozzles and Blades Forms; Gen¬ 
eral Design; Design of the Parsons Turbine and of the Curtis Turbine; Com¬ 
bined or Mixed Turbines; Steam Thrust; Superheat; Transmission; Vacuum; 
Auxiliary Exhaust; General Notes. 

Intended for practical use and little or no mathematics or thermodynamics 
are entered into. The calculations are intended to be made with a slide rule 
and graphics, and are accurate only to a degree obtainable by these methods. 

SOTHERN, J. W. M. The Marine Steam Turbine. A practical illustrated 
description of the Parsons and Curtis Marine Steam Turbines, etc., as 
now constructed, fitted, and run (including turbo-generators). A 
manual of marine steam turbine practice intended for the use of naval 
and mercantile marine engineer officers. Fifth Edition, rewritten, up- 
to-date and greatly enlarged. 700 ill., numerous folding plates. 6 l /\. x 9^2, 
800 pp. $ 12.50 

CONTENTS: Definitions and General Principles; Workshop Practice; Data from 
Actual Practice; Torsion Meters; General Notes; Temperature-Entropy Diagrams; 
General Turbine Data; Impulse Turbines, and Combined Impulse and Reaction 
Turbines, and Geared-Down Turbines; Description of the Curtis Turbine; Geared- 
Down Turbines; Practical Operation of Turbine Machinery; Data from Actual 
Practice; Turbo-Generators; Shaft Horse-Power; Condensers and Auxiliaries; 
Oil Fuel; Boilers; Marine Turbo-Electric Drives; Recent Developments in Marine 
Turbine Practice; Notes and Sketches Relating to General Marine Steam Turbine 
Practice. 


U)2 


MARINE ENGINES—Sill PBGILDING 


SOTHERN, J. W. M. Marine Engine Indicator Cards. Containing an ex¬ 
haustive course of indicator diagrams specially arranged for Board of 
Trade examination candidates, and also intended for the use of en¬ 
gineer officers of all grades. Second Edition. Ill., numerous folding 
plates, 6x9, 226 pp. $ 4.50 

SHIPB WILDING—MARINE ENGINEERING 

BAKER, G-. S. Ship Form, Resistance and Screw Propulsion. 49 ill., 36 

tables, 6x9, 248 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: Ship Form and Resistance. Nomenclature; Stream Line Motion; 
Skin Friction and Resistance; Eddy-Making; Waves and Wave-Making; Ship 
Model Experiments; Dimensions and Forms; Curve of Areas; Shapeness and 
Fineness of Ends with Parallel Body; Position of Maximum Section, and Rela¬ 
tive Length of Entrance and Run; Midship Section Area and Shape; Level 
Lines and Body Plan Sections; Racing and Other High-Speed Vessels; Append¬ 
ages; Restricted Water. Channels. The Screw Propeller. Screw Propeller No¬ 
menclature and Geometry; Theories of the Screw Propeller; The Elements of 
Propulsion; Screw Propellers in Open Water; Propeller Blades; Hull Efficiency 
Wake and Thrust Deduction; Main Engine; Cavitation; Measured Mile Trials, j 

HILLHOUSE, PERCY A. Ship Stability and Trim. 203 ill., 5/2 x8^, 
315 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: Flotation and Equilibrium; Stability of Floating Bodies; Stability i 
Calculations; The MetaCentre 1 ;'Curves of Stability; Effect of Wind; Free Water;! 
The Center of Gravity; Trim; Definitions. 

HOAR, ALLEN. The Submarine Torpedo Boat. Its characteristics and mod¬ 
ern development. 84 ill., 4 folding plates, x 8, 228 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Early History and Development; Development of the Present Day 
Submarine; Characteristics and Requirements; Types; Design; Power Plant ;i 
Future Development; Means of Defense Against the Submarine; Tactical Oper¬ 
ations; The Modern Automobile Torpedo; Tenders and Salvage Ships; List of 
Accidents and Causes; Submarine Mines; Appendix; Vessels of the Principal 
Navies of the World. 

An exposition, in non-technical language, of the inherent characteristics of 
the submarine torpedo boat, the problems involved in its design and construc¬ 
tion, the difficulties of operation, its present limitations and future possibilities. 

This work will interest the general reader and also be of value to the technical 
man and naval engineer, who, while not specializing in this line, is desirous of 
reliable information on the subject. The author of this book knows his sub¬ 
ject well, and the treatment is strictly in accord with the principles of en¬ 
gineering warfare. Fantastic speculations of many popular newspaper 
writers find no place in this authoritative and interesting hook, which is very 
fully illustrated both by specially drawn diagrams and photographs. 

LAWS, BERNARD C. Stability and Equilibrium of Floating Bodies. 130 

ill., 6x9, 257 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction ;■ General Considerations; Ships; Submarines; Floating 
Docks ; Aerial Machines ; Caissons. 

Attempts to set forth briefly the principles underlying the stability and equi¬ 
librium of bodies floating partially or wholly submerged in water and in air. 
Hitherto published matter on the subject has been confined to ship forms, but 
in this work problems relating to the stability of submarines and aerial ma¬ 
chines are presented. It is necessary to approach the subject in a liberal 
manner, treating the bodies as subject to active as well as passive forces, and 
to call into use the principles of fluid pressure—whether liquid or gaseous—in 




SH1PB U1LDING—MARINE ENGINEERING 


193 


their action upon bodies at rest or in motion. Most of the data contained in 
the subject matter was gathered by the author while actively and intimately 
connected with the scientific side of shipbuilding. 


MacBRIDE, J. D. A Handbook of Practical Shipbuilding With a Glossary 
of Terms. 156 ill., 2 folding plates, flexible fabrikoid, 231 

pp. (Van Nostrand’s Nautical Manuals.) $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Shipyard Organization; Division of Work; Shipyard Tools; Ship¬ 
ways; Keels; Shell Plating; Frames; Floors and Longitudinals; Tank Top, 
Inner Bottom and Peak Tanks; Stem, Stern Post and Rudder; Bulkheads and 
Hatches; Hold Stanchions and Foundations; Deck Beams and Plating; Ship 
Fittings; Joiner Work; Launching; Engine Room and Engines; Boiler Room and 
Boilers; Propellers; Auxiliary Machinery; Piping Systems; Hull Engineering; 
Engine Dock Trial; Ship Nomenclature; A Glossary of Terms and Phrase. 


NICOL, GEORGE. Ship Construction and Calculations. For the use of 

officers in the mercantile marine, ship superintendents and draughtsmen. 
Third Edition, Enlarged. 360 ill., x 10, 510 pp. $ 10.00 

CONTENTS: Simple Ship Calculations. Moments, Centre of Gravity, Centre 
of Buoyancy. Outlines of Construction. Bending Moments, Shearing Forces. 
Stresses and Strains; Types of Cargo Steamers; Equilibrium of Floating Bodies, 
Metacentric Stability; Trim; Stability of Ships at Large Angles of Inclination; 
tolling; Freeboard; Proposed New Load Line Regulations; Practical Details; 
Ship Repairs; Appendices. 

The problems met with in building and subsequent management afloat of 
ships, particularly of cargo steamships, are clearly explained. 

SEATON, A. E. A Manual of Marine Engineering; Comprising the Design, 
Construction, and Working of Marine Machinery. Eighteenth Edition, 
Thoroughly Revised, Greatly Enlarged, and Mostly Rewritten to Date. 
339 ill., 6J4 X9, 1012 pp. $10.00 

CONTENTS: General Introduction: Resistance of Ships and Indicated Horse¬ 
power Necessary for Speed; Marine Engines: Their Types and Variations of 
Design: Steam Used Expansively; Steam Used After Expansion-Turbines; Effi¬ 
ciency of Marine Engines; Engines—Simple and Compound; Horse-Power, Nom¬ 
inal, Indicated, and Shaft or Brake; General Design and the Influences Which 
Effect It; The Cylinder and Its Fittings; The Piston—Piston-Rod—Connecting- 
Rod ; Shafting, Cranks and Crank-Shafts; Foundations, Bed-plates, Columns, 
Guides, and Framing; The Condenser; Pumps; Valves and Valve Gear; Valve 
Diagrams; Propellers; Sea Cocks and Valves; Auxiliary Machinery; Boiler, Fuels, 
etc.; Evaporation ; Boilers—Tank Boiler Design and Details; Wacer-Tube Boilers; 
Boilers—Construction and Detail; Boiler Mountings and Fittings: Fitting in of 
Machinery, Starting and Reversing Engines; Weight and Other Particulars of 
Machinery Relating Thereto; Effect of Weight—Inertia and Momentum—Bal¬ 
ancing the Same; Materials Used bv the Marine Engineer; Oil and Lubricants— 
Engine Friction; Tests and Trials, Their Objects and M’ethods; Appendices. 


SEATON. A. E., and R 0 UNTHWAITE, H. M A Pocketbook of Marine 
Engineering Rules and Tables. For the use of marine engineers and 
naval architects, designers, draughtsmen, superintendents, and all en¬ 
gaged in the design and construction of marine machinery, naval and 
mercantile. Tzvelflh Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Ill., 199 tables, 

AYa x&A’ leather, 733 pp. $ 5 - 00 

CONTENTS: Prime Movers on Shipboard; Engine Power Measurements; Effi¬ 
ciency of Marine Machinery; Propulsion of Ships and Resistance; Compound 
Engines; Steam Expanding; Piston Speeds and Revolution of Engines; Cylin¬ 
ders • Pistons; Piston Rods; Connecting Rods; Shafting; Thrust Shafts and 
Blocks* Stern-Tub Main Bearing of Crankshafts; Condensers; Air Pumps; Cool- 


194 


SHIPBUILDING—MARINE ENGINEERING 


ing Water Pumps; Feed and Other Pumps; Bilge Pumps, Pipes and Other Fit- 
tings; Pump Levers and Gear; Slide Valves tor Steam Distribution; Valve Gears; 
Reversing Gears for Valve Motions; Steam Turning Gears; Screw Propellers; 
Paddle-Vvheel Propeller; Sea Valves for Water Supply; Steam Turbines; Internal 
Combustion Engines; Motor Boats;. Superheated Steam; Skin Fitting and Valves; 
Results of Trials of Engine Wire Gauges; Copper Pipes; Wrought Iron Pipes; 
Copper Pipe Flanges and Fittings; Bronze and Cast Steel Pipes in General; Stop 
and Regulating Valves; Balancing Engines; Evaporators; Boiler Work; 
Boiler Mountings and Fittings; Furnace Fittings; Ladders and Platforms; Engine 
and Boiler Seatings; Lloyd’s Rules; Steam Trawlers; Pumps for Bilges; Surveys 
of Machinery; Spare Gear; Composition, Properties, and Costs of Various 
Materials; Plates, Bars, etc.; Beams and Girders; Test Pressures; Effect of 
Temperature on Metals; Weights of Materials, Machinery, etc.; Water, Fresh 
and Salt; Oils and Lubricants; Friction; Conductivity of Metals; Fuel Consump¬ 
tion; Thermometers; Saturated Steam; Conversion and Mathematical Tables; 
Lloyd’s and Other Corporation Rules and Regulations; Distances of Various 
Principal Ports. 

SIMPSON, G. The Naval Constructor. A vade mecum of ship design, for 
students, naval architects, ship builders and owners, marine superin¬ 
tendents, engineers and draughtsmen. Fourth Edition, Revised and 
Enlarged. 386 ill., 4*4 x 7, flexible binding, 900 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Ship Calculations. Displacement; Buoyancy; Trim; Metacenters; 
Stability; Gravity; Inertia; Preparation of Specifications; Freeboard; Freeboard 
Tables; Shelter Deckers; Kirk’'s Analysis; Launching; Transporting Cattle; 
Spectacle Frames; Strength of Ships; Resistance; Speed; Form. Strengh of 
Materials. Stresses; Columns; Timber; Chains; Riveting. Fittings and Details. 
Structural; Keels; Rudders; Carriers; Framing; Floor; Tanks; Beams; Pillars; 
Hatch; Bulkheads; Strakes; Fitting Details; Anchors; Cranes; Hoops; Fairleads; 
Hawse; Rings; Shackles; Turnbuckles; Valves; Ventilation; Guns. Rigging and 
Ropes. Standing; Running; Derricks. Equipment. Boats; Slings; Tonnage. 
Miscellaneous Tables. Mathematical Tables Conveniently Arranged. 

The most complete and^ valuable treatise of its kind ever issued. Contains 
the result of wide practical experience both in America and England. 

SOTHERN, J. W. M., and SOTHERN, R. M. Simple Problems in Marine 
Engineering Design. Third Edition. 5% x 7^, 202 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Simple ’ Mathematics; General Problems; Boiler Design; Engine 
Design ; Speed, Consumption, and I. H. P. Marine Turbine Design. 

For this issue the section covering the general principles involved has been 
considerably enlarged and more carefully detailed by means of additional 
worked out examples, while the entire has been revised and corrected through¬ 
out. 


THOMAS, J. BERTRAM. The Strength of Ships. 114 ill., 31 tables 4*4 x 

7M. 301 PP- ’ $ 2~50 

CONTENTS. Materials of Construction and Their Properties; Shearing Forces 
and Bending Moments; Methods of Integration; Resistance of Beams to Flexure; 
Deflection of Beams; Fixed and Continuous Beams; Rectangular Plates Under 
Water Pressure; Shear Stresses in Beams; Strength of Struts; Longitudinal 
Strength of Ships; Transverse Strength of Ships; Riveted Joints in Ship-work; 
Effect of Rolling and Pitching on the Upper Structures; Rudder Calculations; 
Strength of Shaft-Brackets; Gun Supports; Tables. 

WALKER. S. F. Cold Storage, Heating and Ventilating on Board Ship 
ill., 5/2 x 8 , fabrikoid, 275 pp. $2 go 

COUTENTS: Cold Storage The Cold Storage Problem. Methods of Cooling 
2“ 9.° 't Chambers. Methods of Cooling the Air. Leading the Cooled Air into 
r T W ,Temperature of the Brine or Refrigerant 
is Produced. The Condenser. Lubrication and Stuffing Boxes of Compressors 


MARINE ENGINEERING—NAVIGATION 


i95 


Absorption Machines. Circulating Pumps. How Refrigerating Apparatus 
is Measured. Power Required for Refrigerating Apparatus. Cooling Water. 
Form of Apparatus for Use on Board Ship. Other Applications of Refrigeration 
on Board Ship. Cooling Magazines and Officers’ and Men’s Quarters. Faults. 
Pleating Special Requirements on Board Ship. Difficulties. Methods of 
Heating Available. Hot Water, Steam, Air, Combined Air and Steam Radiator. 
The Thermotank System. The System Applied to the S.S. Lusitania. Heating 
by Electricity. Regulating Heat Delivered by Electric Heaters. Ventilation. 
Ventilation by Heating and Cooling. Ventilation of Laboratories and Cattle 
Spaces. Fans. Size and Power Required. Testing Air Current. Estimating 
Heat Required. Apparatus Estimated to be Required for Heating the Different 
vSaloons, State Cabins, etc. Cost of Furnishing Heat Required. 

WHITE, HERBERT J. Oil Tank Steamers. Their working and pumping 
arrangements thoroughly explained. Ill., 53/2 x8^, paper, 51 pp. $1.50 

CONTENTS: Arrangements of Tanks, Cofferdams, and Pump Rooms; Summer 
Tanks and Expansion Trunks; Pipe Lines, Valves and Cross Overs; Pumping 
Arrangements of the Summer Tanks; Pump Rooms and Their Valves; Water 
Ballasting and Shifting Ballast; Cleaning Tanks for Cargo; Different Kinds of 
Oil; Flash Point, Specific Gravity, Viscosity, and Its Effects; Measurement of 
Tanks, Taking Ullages, and Finding Quantities; Flexible! Hoses and Their 
Connections. 


NAVIGATION AND SEAMANSHIP 

BRADFORD, GERSHOM. A Glossary of Navigation and Sea Terms. 

S J A x 7^, flexible fabrikoid, about 150 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Nautical 
Manuals.) In Press 

A dictionary explaining the words and phrases met with in the literature of 
the sea, together with accurate definitions of all terms in navigation and nau¬ 
tical astronomy. The illustrations have all been especially drawn for the 
work and materially help to a clear understanding of the text. 

BRADFORD, GERSHOM. The Whys and Wherefores of Navigation. Second 

Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Ill., 534 x 7 A, flexible fabrikoid, 210 
pp. (Van Nostrand’s Nautical Manuals.) $2.00 

CONTENTS: Dead Reckoning; Nautical Astronomy; Declination and Right 
Ascension, Including Precession; Time; Corrections for Observed Altitudes; 
Latitude; Azimuths and Amplitudes; Longitude; Sumner Lines and New Navi¬ 
gation ; The Moon; Charts; Piloting; Appendix. 

COFFIN, J. H. C. Navigation and Nautical Astronomy. Prepared originally 

for the use of the United States Naval Academy. Eleventh Edition, 
Revised and Enlarged by E. C. Collins. 61 ill., 534 x 7^4, flexible fabri¬ 
koid, 267 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Nautical Manuals.) $3.00 

CONTENTS: General Definitions; Navigational Instruments; Variations and De¬ 
viation of the Compass; Position Lines by Terrestrial Objects; The Sailings; 
Refraction: Time; The Nautical Almanac; Conversion of the Several Kinds of 
Time: Nautical Astronomy; Latitude; Chronometers; Sumner’s Method; New 
Navigation; Celestial Bodies and Their Identification; The Tides; Appendix. 

DRAPER, ERNEST G. Navigating the Ship. A series of lessons in ele¬ 
mentary navigation based upon a course of lectures now in use at the 
Officers’ Material School, Naval Auxiliary Reserve. Ill., 534 x 724> 
187 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Piloting. The Compass; The Pelorus: Parallel Rulers, Dividers, 
The Lead, Sounding, Machine, and Leg; The Chart; The Sextant; Fixes; Angles 
by Bearings and Sextant. Dead Reckoning. Latitude and Longitude; A Day’s 



196 . . NAVIGATION AND SEAMANSHIP 

Work in Dead Reckoning; Examples in Dead Reckoning and Middle Latitude 
Sailing; Mercator Sailing; Great Circle Sailing—The Chronometer. Celestial 
Navigation. Definitions Relating to the Celestial Sphere; Time by the Sun—Solar 
Time, Mean Time, Conversion; Sidereal Time—Right Ascension; The Nautical 
Almanac; Correction of Observed Altitudes. Navigation „ The Line of 'Position; 
Azimuths of the Sun; Marc St. Hilaire Method by a Sun Sight; Examples on 
Marc St. Hilaire Method by a Sun Sight; A Short Talk on the Planets and Stars 
—Identification of Stars; Latitude by Meridian Altitude of a Star—Latitude by 
Polaris (Pole or North Star); Marc St. Hilaire Method by a Star Sight; 
Longitude by Chronometer Sight of the Sun (Time Sight) ; Longitude by 
Chronometer Sight of a Star; Latitude by Ex-Meridian Altitude of the 
Sun; Examples; Latitude by Ex-Meridian Altitude of the Sun; Finding the 
Watch Time of Local Apparent Noon; Compass Error by an Azimuth; Cor¬ 
recting Longitude by a Factor; The Navigator’s Routine—A Day’s Work at Sea; 
Compass Adjustment; Appendix: Extracts from Nautical Almanac Necessary 
for Solution of Problems in the Book. 


KNIGHT, AUSTIN M. Modern Seamanship. Unabridged reprint of Seventh 
Edition. 159 ill., 5*4 x 7^4, flexible fabrikoid, 731 pp. (Van Nos¬ 
trand’s Nautical Manuals.) $ 3.00 

(Author is Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.) 

CONTENTS: The Hull and Fittings of a Ship. Rope; Knotting and Splicing 
Mechanical Appliances on Shipboard. Blocks and Tackles. Handling Heavy 
Weights. Compass. Log and Lead. Submarine Signals. Boats. Handling 
Boats in a Surf. Ground Tackle. Carrying Out Anchors. The Steering of 
Steamers. The Rules of the Road. Manoeuvring to Avoid Collision. Piloting. 
Handling a Steamer alongside a Dock. Placing a Ship in Dry Dock. Weather 
and the Laws of Storms. Handling Steamers in Heavy Weather. The Handling 
of Torpedo Vessels. Keeping Stations and Manoeuvring in Squadron. Towing. 
Rescuing the Crew of a Wreck. Man Overboard. Stranding. Hints for Juni ° 
Officers Doing Line Duty. Appendix. 

This book is the best American work on seamanship, naval and merchant ser¬ 
vice. The chapters on ship handling and the higher problems of seamanship 
are exceptionally good. It is now produced in pocket size at less than half 
the price of the original book. 

LECKY, S. T. S. Wrinkles in Practical Navigation. Authorized facsimile 

of the Eighteenth Edition, Revised and Enlarged by William Ailing 
ham. 136 ill., sH x 8 > 4 , flexible fabrikoid, 846 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Books and Instruments; Mile and Knot; Compass; Marine Chrono¬ 
meter; Sextant; Horizons; Charts; Parallel Ruler; Dividers; Pelorus; Azimuth; 
Station Pointer; Sounding Machines; Binocular and Telescope; Lord Kelvin’s 
Instruments; Barometers; Ocean Meteorology; Tides, Currents, Waves and 
Breakers; Fog and Floating Ice; Sky. Pilotage; Latitude by Various Methods; 
Time; Lecky’s ABC Tables; Longitude; Sumner Lines; Double Altitudes; 
Simultaneous Altitudes; Corrections for Errors; New Meteorological Measures 
for Old; Compass Adjustment; Shaping the Course; Danger Angle; Distance 
from Land; Composition and Resolution of Forces and Velocities. 


RIESENBERG, FELIX. Standard Seamanship For the Merchant Marine. 

Ill., 514 X jy A , flexible fabrikoid, about 600 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Nau¬ 
tical Manuals.) j n p ress 


CONTENTS: Types of Vessels—Steam; Construction Details; Holds, Peaks, 
Tanks; Deck Machinery; Cargo Gear; Stowage; Carriage of Cattle and Horses; 
Passengers; Boats and Boat Handling; Station Bills and Drills; Preparing for 
Sea; Compass, Log, Lead; The Bridge; Signals of the Sea; Rules of the Road; 
Customs of the Sea; Ground Tackle; Handling a Steamer; Accidents and Dis- 
asters; Safety at Sea; Tank Steamers; Types of Sailing Vessels: Knotting and 
Splicing; Rigging; Sails, Awnings, Tarpaulins; Handling a Sailor; The Weather* 
Ships Business; Ship Maintenance; Stores Lists; Cost Data; Docks and 



NAVIGATION AND SEAMANSHIP 


i 9 7 


RIESENBERG, FELIX. The Men on Deck. Master, mates and crew; their 
duties and responsibilities. A manual for the American merchant ser¬ 
vice. 5flexible fabrikoid, 339 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Nautical 
Manuals.) $3.00 

CONTENTS: The Master; Laws Effecting the Duties of the Master; Entry and 
Clearance; Entry of Merchandise; Liability of Owners, Masters and Shippers; 
The Chief Mate; Rules of the United States Supervising Inspectors Relating 
to Lifesaving; Passenger Act of 1882; The Second Mate; The Third Mate; 
The Junior Officers; Cadets; Laws Defining Officers of the Merchant Marine; 
Examination for Licenses, Master and Mates; The Watch Officer; The Rules 
of the Road—International—Inland; The Limits of United States Inland Waters; 
The Quartermasters; The Carpenter; The Boatswain; Able Seamen; United 
States Navigation Laws Relating to Merchant Seamen; Discipline at Sea; The 
Sea Library. 

Points out the things the various members of the deck department of an 
ocean steam vessel may reasonably be expected to know, and the things they 
may be required to do. The book does not pretend to tell how, but the 
object is to show what a modern American seaman ought to know and to do. 

RUST, A. Practical Tables For Navigators and Aviators. Containing new 
and rapid methods for finding the longitude, azimuth and latitude, and 
for great circle sailing, the identification of stars, and for plotting line 
of position by the Sumner and Marcq Saint-Hilaire methods, 3 folding 
plates, 6% *9 l /2, 116 pp. $ 3.50 

These tables have been prepat ed with a view to giving navigators and. avia¬ 
tors some new methods for finding the longitude, azimuth and latitude quickly 
and accurately, and for solving other important problems in navigation with 
the least possible number of figures. The methods used are founded mainly 
upon original formulas deduced by the author. 

SEAMANSHIP, Lectures on. By the Department of Seamanship, Officers' 
Material School, Naval Auxiliary Reserve, Pelham Bay Park, N. Y. 
5J 4 x 7 z A> 240 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Rules of the Road; Construction of a Ship; Care and Preserva- 
tion of a Ship; Ground Tackle, Steering Gear, Deck Fittings; Boats, Gear, and 
Life-saving Equipment; Bridge and Navigating Appliances; Handling a Ship 
(Mooring) ; Stowage of Cargo; Weather and the Law of Storms; Ship Organ¬ 
ization (Methods) ; Duties of the Officer of the Deck; General Duties of Junior 
Officers; Glossary. 

SEARLE, G. M. Sumner’s Method for Finding a Ship’s Position, Improved 
and Abbreviated. Ill., 3^x6, boards, 51 pp. (Van Nostrand’s 
Science Series.) $ 0.75 

The method of solution of the Sumner problem proposed in this book is 
believed to be better than those usually followed, in not requiring the use of a 
chart or diagram of any kind, but simply a small sheet of paper and the ordi¬ 
nary five-place logarithm tables. Nothing else is needed for an observer at a 
fixed point to obtain an accurate latitude and longitude but a chronometer, 
the error and rate of which is known, and a nautical almanac, with two 
observed altitudes of the sun or other celestial body. For a ship at sea— 
the usual case—slight corrections are needed to one of the altitudes, to 
allow for the change of the ship’s place, and the change of the declination of 
the sun, or other observed body, in the interval between the observations. 
These corrections require an assumed value of the latitude and of the longi¬ 
tude of the observer, or a measured azimuth of the body observed, instead 
of the latter. Even if errors are made in the assumptions the final results 
would not be materially affected. The proof of the formulas used is given 
at some length; but it is not necessary to study this in order to use them. 

The practical ones are all together in a small space, and illustrated by numer¬ 
ical examples, and a proposed form for the computation. 


198 NAVIGATION—MARINE STEAM ENGINEERING 


TODD, J., and WHALL, W. B. Practical Seamanship for Use in the Mer¬ 
chant Service. Fifth Edition. 247 ill., 6 l / 2 x 9^4, 385 pp. $ 12.00 

CONTENTS: Principal Parts of a Ship; Principal Spars and Rigging; Ropes, 
Knots, Bends, Hitches and Splices; Blocks, Gins and Tackles; The Common Lead 
Lines; The Log; Action of Wheel on the Rudder; The Hull; Anchors and Cables; 
Taking in and Sending Aloft the Various Masts; Handling The Sails; Sailing 
Ships Getting Under Weight and Anchoring; Accidents to Spars; Leaks; Fire; 
Man Overboard; Raft; At Single Anchor in Tideway: Cutting Rigging; Sail¬ 
making; Lights and Fog Signals; Boats; Stowage; Nautical Terms; The Steam¬ 
ship Officers’ Duties; In Narrow Waters; Taking Bar Harbors in Heavy Weather; 
Handling Steamers in Heavy Weather; Collision; Saving a Shipwrecked Crew; 
Common Pilotage and Coasting Seamanship; Stranded; Heaving Down; Dis¬ 
placement; Winds; Weather and Barometers; Coating the Bottom of Steamers; 
The International Signal Code; To Measure a Hold. 

MARINE STEAM ENGINEERING 

HOVENDEN, F. Practical Mathematics for Young’ Engineers. Specially 

arranged for the use of apprentices who intend to become marine engi¬ 
neers. Ill., 5% x 724 , 144 PP* $ 1.50 

Explains clearly the rules, and limits the applications of arithmetic to the re¬ 
quirements of the practical draughtsman or mechanic. Many of the examples 
in the sections on Mensuration and Mechanics are taken from the Board of 
Trade examination papers. New demonstrations of some of these are given. 

MARTIN, W. D. Hints to Engineers for the Board of Trade Examinations. 

Third Edition. Ill., 5x7^4, 141 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Boilers; Boiler Defects; Breakdowns; Chemistry and Gases; Dates 
of Inventions; Density and Scale; Engines; Electricity; Evaporators; Fuel and 
Combustion; Gauge Cocks; Gauges; General Questions; Heat; Indicator Cards; 
Length of Parts; Metals; Oil Motors; Oscillating Engines; Propellers; Pumps; 
Refrigeration; Safety Valves; Shaft; Slide Valves; Temperatures; Turbines. 

This new edition contains over eight hundred questions and answers similar to 
those usually asked in the Board of Trade oral examination. 

McGIBBON, W. C. Marine Engineers' Pocketbook. Mechanics, Heat, Strength 
of Materials, including Electricity, Refrigeration, Turbines, Oil Engines. * 
Ill., 4% x 6 y 2 , 476 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: Barometers; Beams; Board of Trade Regulations; Corrosion in 
Boilers; Types of Boilers; Bunker Capacity; Piston Clearance; Combustion of 
Coal; Condensation of Steam; Indicator Diagrams; Displacement of Ships; 
Electricity; Oil Engines; Expansion of Steam; Forces; Transposition of 
Formulae; Heat; Kinetics; Levers; Strength of Materials; Mensurations; Paddle 
Wheels; Paints; Steam Pipes; Propellers; Propulsion; Pulleys; Pumps- Re¬ 
frigeration; Boiler Rules; Safety Valves; Screw Jack; Shafts; Slide Valves* 
Tables; Turbines; Seamen’s Wages; Work. 

A useful pocketbook in simple terms, giving rules and tables that sea-going 
engineers find necessary. In all cases the solution of problems is shown 
without the use of advanced mathematics. 

McGIBBON, W. C. Marine Engineers’ Drawing Book for Board of Trade 
Examinations. Seventh Edition. S9 plates and tables. I2 t 4x 9J4 
flexible cloth, 137 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Examination in Rough Working Drawing for a First Class Engi¬ 
neers Certificate of Competency; A Few Hints for Beginners; Proportion of 
Parts; Area of Ports and Pipes; Stresses on Working Parts; Cylindrical Ves- 



MARINE STEAM ENGINEERING 


199 

sels; Useful Notes for Engineers. 59 plates with full instructions covering every 

piece of machinery on board ship. Tables. 

This work is a series of plates on machine design, pertaining to marine ma¬ 
chinery, giving instructions for drawing the various parts. The author be¬ 
lieves that by giving the proportion of one part to another rather than the 
dimensions of all parts, the true form of the machine can better be impressed 
on the mind, and in all the plates only a few, easily remembered, dimensions 
are given and other measurements are omitted. 

McGIBBON, W. C. Indicator Diagrams for Marine Engineers. 197 ill., 7 Va x 
9J4, 196 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Origin of the Indicator; Diagrams of Work; How to Take Off a 
Diagram from a Marine Engine; General Definition of Points, etc.; Pressure 
Considered; Laws Relating to Pressure and Volume; Steam Expanded in Com¬ 
pound Engines; Effect Produced on Diagrams Due to Sequence of Cranks; 
Zeuner’s Valve Diagrams; To Work Out Horse-Power; To Balance an Engine; 
Formation of Loops and Diagrams; Diagrams from Auxiliary Engines; Trial 
Trip Indicator Diagrams, etc.; Defective Diagrams; Miscellaneous Diagrams. 

REED’S Engineers’ Handbook to Board Examinations for certificates of 
competency as first and second class engineers. By W. H. Thorn. 
Nineteenth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 402 ill., 38 plates, 6 x 8 ^ 4 , 

811 pp. " $ 9.00 

CONTENTS: Arithmetic, Algebraic Signs; Areas; Weight of Parts; Consump¬ 
tion; Horse Power; Safety Valves; Counters; Thrust Problems; Temperature; 
Boilers; Salt Problems; Simple Machines; Stress; Friction; Indicator Diagrams; 
Marine Oil Motors; 'Questions and Answers. 

KEY to the Nineteenth Edition of Reed’s Engineers’ Handbook to the Board 

of Trade examination for first and second class engineers, and con¬ 
taining the workings of all the questions given in the examination 
papers. By W. H. Thorn & Son. 6 x 8j/2 398 pp. $ 4.00 

REED’S Useful Hints to Sea-going Engineers, and How to Repair and Avoid 
“Breakdowns.’’ Also appendices containing boiler explosions, useful 
formulae, etc. Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Ill., 534 x 73 ^> 
320 pp. $ 3.00 

S 0 MERSCALES, A. N. Lessons in Mechanics for Marine Engineers and 
Engineering Students. Treated arithmetically. 149 ill., 5 x y l / 2 , 280 
pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Plane Figures and Linear Measurements; Areas of Surfaces; Solid 
Measurement; Laws of Comparison; Velocity; Work Required to Lift Weights; 
Friction; Mechanical Advantages of Pulleys and Levers; Force, Work and Power; 
Wedge or Inclined Plane; Wheel and Axle; Screw; Pressure and Buoyancy of 
Water; Pumps; Belt, Rope and Toothed Gearing; Moments; Parallelogram of 
Forces; Tension, Shear and Compression; Strength of Pipes and Cylinders; 
Shafts; Beams; Flanged Girders; Elasticity of Metals; Momentum and Centri¬ 
fugal Force; Accumulated Work or Kinetic Energy; Power of Water; Mechan¬ 
ical Efficiency of the Engine. 

Attempts to teach the groundwork of applied mechanics by a purely arith¬ 
metical treatment. 

S 0 THERN, J. W. M. “Verbal” Notes and Sketches For Marine Engineers. 

A manual of marine engineering practice. Intended for the use of 
naval and mercantile engineer officers of all grades, and students, and 
is specially compiled for the use of engineer officers preparing for ex¬ 
aminations of competency at home or abroad. Tenth Edition, Greatly 


200 


MARINE STEAM ENGINEERING 


Enlarged. 720 ill., numerous folding plates, 6 % xg%, 748 pp. $ 12.50 

CONTENTS: Workshop Practice; Boilers; Notes and Sketches of Various De¬ 
tails; Slide Valves, Piston Valves, Valve Data, etc.; General Notes and Descrip¬ 
tions; Marine Engineering Chemistry Notes; Marine Electric Lighting; Pro¬ 
pellers; Refrigeration; International Combustion Engines; Appendix; Marine 
Steam Turbines; Curtis Turbines; First Class and Second Class Examination 
Drawings with Full Dimensions. 

TOD, JOHN, and McGIBBON, W. C. Marine Engineers’ Board of Trade 

Examinations. Containing all the latest elementary questions with 
answers, including notes on verbals. As used in the Board of Trade 
Examinations, 1913. Eighth Enlarged Edition. 288 ill., 4 plates, 
5/4 x 8, 390 pp. $2.00 

This new edition has been entirely reset, in order to bring it up to date. The 
sections on Steam Turbines and Oil Motors have received especially careful 
attention and contain much new matter. 


MILITARY 

BARNES, JOHN B. Elements of Military Sketching and Map Reading. 

Fourth Edition , Revised. Ill., 43^ x 524 , 120 pp. $0.75 

CONTENTS: Sketches; Scales; Construction of Scales; Conventional Signs, Ab¬ 
breviations ; Sketching Implements; Orientation, Resection Intersection; Contours, 
Map Distances, Vertical Interval; Road Sketching Position, Sketching, Landscape 
Sketching, Map Reading. ♦ 

Bayonet Training. Compiled from British Training Manual, 1916. Ill., 

3H x 5Vs> 60 pp. $0.30 

Training in the use of the bayonet is receiving much attention from all 
the combatant nations in Europe. The aim of the instruction is twofold: 

1. To develop great alertness of mind, readiness of muscle, and habit of 
quick obedience to command. 2. To develop fighting spirit. Physical 
drill and bayonet training go hand in hand and their drill periods follow 
each other. The physical drill consists of calisthenic exercises for fifteen 
or twenty minutes, followed by some game or exercise requiring great 
quickness of movement. The material in this book is from the latest 
British Training Manual (1916), which is based on their experience, and 
the forces are now being trained in accordance therewith, 

BUNKLEY, J. W. Military and Naval Recognition Book. A handbook on 
the organization, insignia of rank and t customs of the service of the 
world’s important armies and navies. * Second Edition , Revised and 
Enlarged. 60 full page plates, 18 in colors, 5x7, 279 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Organization of the Army Bureaus and Corps; Composition of the 
Army; Organization of the Army in' the Field; Departments and Divisions; 
Various Ranks Held in Army; United States Army Uniforms; Army Etiquette 
and Customs; Salutes—Courtesies in Conversation; Calls; Composition of the 
Navy: Organization of the Navy Ashore; Naval Districts; Organization of the 
Navy Afloat; Types of Ships; Duties of Naval Officers and Men Aboard Ship; 

• United States Navy Uniforms; Naval Etiquette and Customs; United States 
Marine Corps; Coast Guard; Light House Service; Coast and Geodetic Survey; 
Public Health Service; Strength and Organization of Foreign Armies; Army and 
Navy Uniforms of France, Germany, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Belgium 
Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Japan, Serbia, Montenegro, Rumania; Portugal and 
Bulgaria; United States War Medals; Ribbons of Medals and Badges; F or • n 
Medals and Decorations; Definition of Guns; Aircraft. 


MILITARY 


20Ii 

1 AFFARGUE, ANDRE. The Attack in Trench Warfare. Translated by 

an officer of infantry. Ill., 5 folding plates, 3*4 x 5 y 2> 135 pp. $ 0.50 
CONTENTS: Character of the Present Attack; Preparation of the Attack; Form 
1 of Attack; Preparation of the Troops for Penetration; Material Preparation of 
; the Troops; Development and Physiognomy of the Attack. 

The methods of training of infantry units for trench warfare and the degree 
of careful preparation necessary for the attainment of any measure of success 
are among the most important features of Captain Laffargue’s study. This 
■ study was so highly thought of by General Joffre that he caused it to be 
published to the French Army before it was given out for general publication, 
which speaks for its excellence more than any other commendation which 
could be bestowed upon it. Written in conversational styles, it makes inter¬ 
esting reading for the layman. 

MERTENS, COLONEL. Tactics and Technique of River Crossings. Trans¬ 
lated from the German by Major Walter Krueger, Assistant Chief of 
Staff, 84th Division, National Army. 105 ill. and 4 maps, 6x9, 300 
pp. $ 3.00 

j CONTENTS: General; Bridge Construction Outside the Effected Zone of Strong 
1 Hostile Forces; Accelerated Crossings in the Immediate Presence of the Enemy; 
Forced Crossings; Defense Against a Hostile Crossing; Kinds of River Defense; 
Defense of a River Line with Small Detachments Posted on Bank; Rear Guard 
Actions on River Lines; River Crossings in “Flankenbewegung und Nassenheer”; 
Krueger Defense of the Lower Order; Appendices; Expedients for Quickly 
Crossing Streams; Bridge Trains of Various Armies and Their Capacity; Time 
Required to Build Improvised Bridges. 

Presents a carefully thought out scheme of a way in which river crossings 
may be effected and of how the attacker, once across, may be met. 

Lewis Automatic Machine Rifle, Its Operation and Tactical Use. Based 
on the Experience of the European War. With an introduction by 
Col. I. N. Lewis, U. S. Army (Retired). $ 0.60 

» CONTENTS: Mechanism and Drill; The Chief Features of the Gun; The Parts 

' of the Gun; Backward and Forward Action; Stripping and Assembling the Gun; 

Tension of the Main Spring; Gas Regulator Points Before and After Firing; 
Stoppages; Drill with Horizontal Traversing and Vertical Searching. The 
Handling of the Gun. Characteristics of the Machine Gun; Allocation of Duties; 
Indication and Recognition of Targets; Signals in Use with Machine Guns; 
Methods of Fire—Combined Sights—Overhead Fire; Indirect Fire; The Uses of 
the Machine Gun in Trench Warfare; Uses of the Machine Gun in Open War¬ 
fare, Concealment of Guns, Range Cards; The Brigading of Machine Guns; 
Range Taking; Program of Training for Machine Gun Tactics; Emplacements 
for Lewis Gun. 

RAUSENBERGER, F. The Theory of the Recoil of Guns With Recoil 
Cylinders. Translated by Alfred Slater. 3 folding plates, 6x9, 124 
, pp. $ 5.00 

i CONTENTS: General; The External Forces on a Recoiling-Gun Mounting 
Which Comes into Action on Firing; Determination of the Brake Pressure and 
the Length of Recoil; The Running Forward Device; Recoil Brakes; The Run¬ 
ning Forward Brake. 


202 


DRAWING 

MECHANICAL DRAWING - MACHINE DESIGN 


ADLER, A. A. The Theory of Engineering Drawing. Second Edition , Re¬ 
vised. 273 ill., 6x9, 330 pp. $ 2.50 

(Author is assistant professor of mechanical drawing and design in the Brooklyn 
Polytechnic Institute.) 

CONTENTS: The Principles of Parallel Projecting-Line Drawing. Nature of 
Drawing; Science and Art; Magnitude of Objects; Commercial Application of 
Drawing; Oblique Projection; Orthographic Projection; Axonometric Projection. 
Geometrical Problems in Orthographic Projection. Representation of Lines and Points; 
Representation of Planes; Elementary Considerations of Lines and Planes; Problems 
Involving the Point, Line and Plane; Classification of Lines, of Surfaces; Intersection 
of Surfaces by Planes, and Their Development; Intersections of Surfaces with Each 
Other and Their Development. The Principles of Convergent Projecting-Line Drawing. 
Perspective Projection. Pictorial Effects of Illumination. Pictorial Effects of Illu¬ 
mination in Orthographic Projection, and in Perspective Projection. 

This is a thorough and unusually complete course in Descriptive Geometry, besides 
treating the subject in an entirely new way. It treats of the various types’of 
projections first and then gradually leads to the study of the projections of the 
mathematical concepts. It is the sort of a book that enables a student to apply 
the principles to mathematics or drawing as the classification of the subjectjmatter 
fixes the principles in mind. The numerous examples given throughout the..text 
give a clear insight into the subject. 

ADLER, A. A. The Principles of Parallel Projecting-Line Drawing. 

Part I. of The Theory of Engineering Drawing. 48 ill., 6x9)4, 
75 PP- $ 1.25 

CONTENTS: Nature of Drawing; Science and Art of Drawing; Magnitude of 
Objects; Commercial Application of Drawing; Oblique Projection; Orthographic 
Projection; Axonometric Projection. 

A complete and concise discussion of the rapid methods of making drav^ngs that 
find wide application in drafting rooms. Arranged by topics so that reference to 
a particular type of projection is easily accomplished. The complete classification 
of the types of projection makes an excellent survey of the entire subject. It is a 
book that teaches principles rather than methods, and for this reason it should 
be useful as a text for elementary instruction in drawing, since it approaches the 
subject in an interesting manner. The book contains four chapters each 
chapter showing the commercial application of the type of projection con¬ 
sidered, and gives a set of questions which thoroughly cover the text. A com¬ 
plete index is also included. 


COLLINS, CHAS. D. Drafting Room Methods, Standards and Forms. A 
reference book for engineering offices and draftsmen. Ill., 6x9, 
I 5 ° PP- $ 2.00 

c 0NTENT S: The Drafting Room Location; Equipment; Personnel; Methods 
of Handling Work; Filing; General Instructions. Standards, Symbols and Ab¬ 
breviations. Safety Standards; Notes; Abbreviations; Aeronautical Terms - Cross 
Sections; Definitions; Electrical Symbols; Lines; Patent Office Practice • ’Patent 
Office Symbols; Pipe Fittings; Rivet Symbols; Structural Material—Breaks; 
Tapped Holes; Topographic Symbols. Forms. Drawing Sizes; Form Size* • 
Application Blanks; Arrangement of a Drawing; Building Record Book; Draw- 
mg R eco r d^ Book; Pattern Drawing Book; Print Record Book; Index Cards; 
Material List: Specification Form; Organization Chart; Stamp Forms* Title 
Forms; Work Schdule Form; Work Order Form. Miscellaneous Tables. Bolt 
Stresses; Bolts and Nuts; Bolt Threads; Washers; Weight Steel Bars- Studs* 
Pipe Threads—Briggs; Pipe Sizes; Boiler Tubes; Pipe Flanges- Pine Fitting- 
Flanged; Key Seats; Horse Power of Shafting; Gages, Plate, Wire; Metric 
Refer e encc n BoS S Measures; Decimal Equivalents; Areas of Circles! 



MECHANICAL DRAWING-MACHINE DESIGN 203 

CATHCART, W. 1 . Machine Design. Part I., Fastenings. 119 ill., 6pi x 
9 '/ 2 > 303 PP- $ 3.00 

CONTENTS:^ Shrinkage and Pressure Joints; Screw Fastenings; Riveted Joints: 
Iheory and Formula; lests and Data from Practice; Keyed Joints: Pin Joints., 

ELLIS, GEORGE. Modern Technical Drawing. 300 ill., 5^ x 8, 208 pp. 

™ ... - $ 2.00 
CONTENTS: Technical Drawing; Drawing Instruments; Draughtsman’s Work; 
Lettering Drawings; Orthographic Projection; Isometric Projection; Oblique 
Projection; Practical Perspective; Freehand Drawing; Practical Geometry; 
Workshop Drawings. 

Presents practical instruction for builders’ technical drawing as used in the 
modern office and workshop, and brings together in due order the various 
methods and devices obtaining in the preparation of working drawings ex¬ 
plaining their principles and indicating their suitability or otherwise for the 
purpose in view. 

FOX, WILLIAM, and THOMAS, C. W. A Practical Course in Mechanical 
Drawing. Third Edition, Revised. 89 ill., plates, 5*4 x8, 104 pp. $ 1.25 
CONTENTS: Use of T-Square, Triangles and Ruling Pen; Dimension Lines; 
Drawing to Scale; Center Lines; Use of Dividers; Use of Bowpen; Sections; 
Shading; Lettering; Screws; Cog-Wheels; Reading of Drawings; Miscellaneous. 

HALL, W. S. Descriptive Geometry, with Numerous Problems and Practical 
Applications. Comprising an 8vo volume of 76 pages of text and a 
4to atlas of 31 plates. Two volumes. 6x9^, 81 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Definitions; Projections of a Point and of a Line; Revolution of a 
Vertical Plane; Representation of Planes; Notation and Conventions; Profile 
Planes; Traces of a Line; Length of a Line; Points and Lines in Oblique Planes; 
Revolution of Points and Lines; Plane Angles; Planes; Generation and Classifica¬ 
tion of Lines; Curves and Tangents; Generation and Classification of Surfaces; 
Single Curved Surfaces and Tangent Lines; Surfaces and Revolution; Intersec¬ 
tions and Developments; Warped Surfaces. 

INNES, C. H. Problems in Machine Design. For the use of students, 

draughtsmen and others. Second Edition. 201 ill., 5^ x 7*4, cloth, 
266 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Methods of Finding Longitudinal Stresses in Framework Struc¬ 
tures; Bending Moments; Tensile Shearing; Compressive Stresses: Riveted Joints; 
Cottered Joints; Connecting Rod Ends; Piston Rods; Stressed Caused by Bending 
Combined with Tension or Compression; Shafting; Flange Couplings; Expansion 
Valve Gears; Governors; Springs; Capacity of Air Vessels; Flywheels; Diagram 
Factors of Compound Engines. 

JACOBS, F. B. Cam Design and Manufacture. In Press 

- CONTENTS: Introduction; Machine Cam Design; Gas Engine Cam Design; 
Cam Followers; Master Cams; Machine Work Preparatory to Cutting; Different 
Types of Cam Cutters; Cam Cutting; Usual Cam Propositions; Cam Grinding. 

JEPS 0 N, G. Cams, and the Principles of Their Construction. 37 ill., 
6J4X9J4, cloth, 59 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Cams; Involute Cam; Writing Cam; Mode of Procedure; Lino¬ 
type Machine Cams. 

LEEDS, CHARLES C. Mechanical Drawing for Trade Schools. Third Edi¬ 
tion, Revised and Enlarged. Ill., io ^4 x 7%, 61 lyessons, 160 pp. $ 2.25 

(Author is professor of mechanical drawing, School of Applied Industries, Car¬ 
negie Institute of Technology.) 

CONTENTS: Preparation of Pencils; Handling T-Square, Triangles, etc.; 


204 


MECHANICAL DRAWING-MACHINE DESIGN 


Preparation and Use of Instruments; Drawing of Flanged Pin; Drawing of 
Machine Bolt; Lettering; Figures; Sketching; Sketching; 1 racing; Machine 
Bolt; Hidden Surfaces; Clamp; Sectioning; Sleeve; Orthographic Projection; 
Shaft Support; Tool Rest; Projection; Unfinished Views; Reference Matter; 
True Section; Flanged Pulley; Conventional Sections; Hand Wheel; Drawing to 
Scale; Face Plate; Coupling Assembly; Bill of Materials; Coupling; Problems in 
Projection; Geometrical problems; The Ellipse; Engineering Curves; Spur Gear¬ 
ing; Pulley Specification; Conic Sections; Intersections and Developments; Par¬ 
allel Line; Intersections and Developments; Radial Line; Triangulation Devel¬ 
opment; Spur Gear Specifications; Bevel Gearing; Isometric Projection; 12-Inch 
Speed Lathe Leg Details, Bed Details, Tool Rest Details, Tool Rest Assem¬ 
bly, Tailstock Details; Tailstock Details; Tailstock Assembly; Headstock 
Details; Fleadstock Assembly; Specification; Lathe General Assembly; Stand¬ 
ard Data; Composite Drawing; Bench Grinder Details; Bench Grinder 
Details; Specification; Bench Grinder Assembly; Commutator Bar; Front Com¬ 
mutator Ring; Rear Commutator Ring; Armature Spider; Specification; Com¬ 
mutator Assembly; Generator Frame; Worm Gearing; Plate Cam; Periphery 
Cam; Structural Work; Rivets and Conventional Symbols; Riveted Joints; 
Standard Framing; Beam Connections. 

LEEDS, CHARLES C. Mechanical Drawing for Industrial and High Schools. 

Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. ioj 4 x 8, 92 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction, Pencil, Paper, Drawing Board, T-Square, Triangles, 
Measurements; Drawing to Measurements; Compass Points; Rounded Corners, 
Fillets; Construction Circles; Nuts; Lettering; Figures; Machine Bolt; Screw 
Threads; Hidden Surfaces, Clamp; Sectioning; Orthographic Projection; Shaft 
Support; Tool Rest; Problems in Projection, Unfinished Views; Sketching; 
Sketching, Proportions; Reference Matter; Flanged Pulley; Projection; Geo¬ 
metrical Problems; The Ellipse; Method of Holding Pen, Tracing Cloth, Care 
of Pens, Tracing Machine Bolt, Finished Drawing; Hand Wheel; Drawing to 
Scale; Assembly Drawings; Coupling; Compression Shaft Coupling; Drawing 
from a Specification; Engineering Curves; Conic Sections; Isometric Projection, 
Isometric Drawing, Coordinate Axes, Isometric Circles, Broom Holder, Wall 
Shelf; 12-Inch Speed Lathe—Tool Rest Details; 12-Inch Speed Lathe—Tool 
Rest Assembly; 12-Inch Speed Lathe—Tailstock Details; 12-Inch Speed Lathe— 
Tailstock Details; 12-Inch Speed Lathe—Tailstock Assembly; Architectural Draw¬ 
ings, Basement Plan ; First Floor Plan; Second Floor Plan. 

These two books on Mechanical Drawing have been prepared with the purpose 
in view of thoroughly grounding young draftsmen and others of the various 
machinery trades in the principles of mechanical drawing. The author’s con¬ 
viction that the use of models serves to develop copyists, and often tends to 
stunt or destroy a draftsman’s creative faculties, has led him to discard almost 
entirely the use of models in teaching mechanical drawing, and he feels 
that it will be obvious, even to the casual observer, that when a student has 
been given a model of his subject for the drawing lesson, little or no effort 
will be required from his imagination. That faculty of imagining; that 
mental picturing, so necessary to the good draftsman or designer and to 
the man in the shop who works from drawings as well, can be developed 
within every student. It is part of his development, just as an understanding 
of the meaning (either definite, or conventional) of each line of a drawing is 
parf of his development. Convinced of this fact, the author has arranged 
these lessons in a manner which he believes will attract and hold the interest 
of the student. Each lesson will guide the student by easy steps, illustrate 
some fundamental point in mechanical drawing, and work as a whole towards 
the development of the creative draftsman. The text of the two books is 
almost identical, but the arrangement is somewhat different, and the larger 
book contains advanced and additional problems, omitting the work in archi¬ 
tectural drawing. 

LEEDS, C. C. Principles of Engineering Drawing for Technical Students. 
105 ill., 6J4 xg} 4 , 158 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Purpose of Instruction; Drawing Instruments and Methods of 


MECHANICAL DRAWING-MACHINE DESIGN 


205 


Handling; Lettering and Figures; Elementary Perspective; Orthographic Pro¬ 
jection; Freehand Sketching; Engineering Curves; Conic Sections—Intersections 
and Developments; Isometric and Oblique Drawing; Drafting Room Conven¬ 
tions; Working Drawings; Tracing and Blue Printing; Reference Tables. 
Carefully prepared and arranged with a view to meeting the needs of fresh¬ 
man students in engineering schools and colleges. It contains, in addition, 
ample material for the requirements of more advanced men who are inter¬ 
ested in engineering drawing. 

RAUTENSTRAUCH, W. Syllabus of lectures and Notes on the Elements of 
Machine Design. With blank pages for note-taking. Ill., 6x9, 101 pp. 

$ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Materials of Machines; Simple Beams; Bending and Direct Stress; 
Torsion and Bending; Forms Dictated by Internal Stresses; Stresses in Gear 
Wheels; Stresses in Springs; Long Columns; Stresses in Thin Cylinders and in 
Riveted Joints; Stresses in Bolts and Keys; Bearings; Stresses in Belts; Theory 
of Elasticity; Stresses in Thick Cylinders under Internal Pressure; Stress in 
Hooks; Stresses in Revolving Rings and Disks. 

RAUTENSTRAUCH, W., and WILLIAMS, J. T. Machine Drafting and 
Empirical Design. A textbook for studeiits in engineering schools 
and others who are beginning the study of drawing as applied to. 
machine design. In two parts. Ill., 6 % X9J4. 

Part I. Machine Drafting. / 70 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: General Principles; Views; General Standards; Routine for De¬ 
signing New Machines; Detailing Standards; Dimentioning Standards; Altera¬ 
tions; Guide for Checking Drawings; Conventions and Standards; Specimen 
Drawings; General Instructions; Exercises; Problems; Sketching; Isoinetric 
Drawing; Lettering. 

Part II. Empirical Design. In Preparation. 

RIPPER, W. A Course of Instruction in Machine Drawing and Design. 
For technical schools and engineer students. 52 plates and numerous 
explanatory engravings, 10X12J/2, 141 pp. $6.00 

CONTENTS: Drawing Apparatus; Shading and Coloring Finished Drawings; 
Hand Sketching; Mensuration of Surfaces and Solids; Strength of Materials; 
Principles and Materials of Construction; Projections Valves; Strap Gib and 
Cotter; Screws and Bolts; Rivets; Boiler Stays; Joints and Connections; Pulleys; 
Couplings; Engine Construction; Boiler Work; Hanger and Shafting; Wheel 
Gearing; Wheel and Pinion; Involute Teeth; Helical Gearing; Worm and Wheel; 
The Lathe; Fast Headstock; Loose Headstock; Slide Rest; The Saddle. 

ROBSON, J. H. Machine Drawing and Sketching for Beginners. 315 ill., 
5P2 x 8, 202 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Materials Used in Machine Construction; Projec¬ 
tion; Riveted Work; Screws; Bolts and Nuts; Keys, Shafting, and Shaft Couplings; 
Wheel and Pulleys; Bearings for Shafts; Cranks and Eccentrics; Connecting Rods; 
Crossheads and Slide Bars; Pistons and Stuffing Boxes; Cocks and Valves; Pipe 
Joints; Workshop Practice and Appliances; Questions and Exercises. 

SVENSEN, CARL L. Essentials of Drafting. A textbook on mechanical 
drawing and machine drawing, with chapters and problems on mate¬ 
rials, stresses, machine construction and weight estimating. 450 ill., 
6 J 4 x 9J4, 198 pp. 

CONTENTS: Drawing Instruments and Materials; Lettering; Constructions; 
Projections; Materials and Stresses; Screw Threads; Bolts and Screws; Rivet¬ 
ing; Working Drawings; Sections; Dimensioning; Machine Construction; Sketch¬ 
ing ; Estimation of Weights; Piping; Intersections: Developments; Picture Draw¬ 
ing; Shade Line Drawings; Drawing Questions, Problems and Studies. 


206 


PERSPECTIVE 


SVENSEN, CARL L. Mechanical and Machine Drawing and Design. In Press 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Lettering; Orthographic Projection; Bolts and 

Screws; Dimensioning; Machine Drawing; Machine Sketching; Pictorial Ma¬ 
chine Drawing and Sketching; Intersections and Developments;'Machine Design; 
Machine Details; Machine Mechanisms; Tool and Jig Drawing; Piping Drawings; 
Rivets and Rivetting; Estimation of Weights; Problems and Studies. 


PERSPECTIVE 

CROSSKEY, L. R. Elementary Perspective. Arranged to meet the require¬ 
ments of architects and draughtsmen, and of art students preparing 
for the elementary examination of the science and art department, 
South Kensington. With numerous full-page plates and diagrams. 
Ill., 734 x 10J 4 , cloth. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Notation; Planes; Vanishing Points and Lines; Cone of Vision; 
Plans and Elevations; Plan Method; Problems Worked by the Plan Method; The 
Measuring Point Method of Working Problems; The Direct Method; Exercises. 

CROSSKEY, L. R., and THAW, J. Advanced Perspective, Involving the 
Drawing of Objects When Placed in Oblique Positions, Shadows axd 
Reflections. Arranged to meet the requirements of architects, 
draughtsmen, and students preparing for the perspective examination 
of the education department. Ill., 7J4 x io l / 2 , 90 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Notation; Planes; Vanishing Points of Lines; Various Kinds of 
Planes; Vertical, Ascending, Descending, Inclined, Oblique Planes; Problems; 
Shadows; Reflectors; Exercises. 

LUBSCHEZ, BEN J. Perspective. An elementary textbook. Second Edition, 
Revised and Enlarged. 35 ill., 6 folding plates, 5 xyy 2 , 105 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Introductory and Preliminary. Making a Drawing on Perspective- 
Second Problem in Perspective. Vanishing Point and the Point of Station. Meas¬ 
uring Points and Scales. Parallel and One Point Perspective. Special Manipula¬ 
tions and Short Cuts. The Perspective of Oblique Lines and Planes; The Per¬ 
spective of Shadows. 

A concise treatise on Perspective primarily intended for home study by the 
beginner or draftsman without the aid of a teacher, but also of great value to the 
experienced draftsman and to the layman wishing to inform himself regarding the 
general principles of the science. It contains a chapter on Short Cuts and Special 
Manipulations of great value to any worker. The whole subject is very clearly 
and simply presented in a unique way, the text being the result of many years of 
experience in the drawing of Perspectives in an architect’s office, as well as in 
teaching the subject to beginners. 

TURRILL, SHERMAN M. Elementary Course in Perspective. 16 ill. and 

folding plates, 5 x 734, 81 pp. $ 1.25 

CONTENTS: Method by Orthographical Projection: Definitions and De¬ 
scriptions. Notation. Pictorial Perspective of a Pyramid. Perspective of a 
Pyramid, a Building, a Cube and a Parallelopiped, a Plain Curve, a Cylinder, 
the Shadow of the Frustrum of a Pyramid by Use of the Horizontal Projection 
of the Shadow, the Shadow of the Frustrum by the Method of the Vanishing 
Point of Rays, a Shadow of a Cube and Parallelopiped, the Shadow of the Frust¬ 
rum of a Pyramid on an Oblique Plane. Problems. Method by Scale: Com¬ 
parison of the Two Methods. Perspective of: a Pyramid, a Building, a Cube 
and Parallelopiped, a Cylinder, the Shadow of a Cube and Parallelopiped 
Problems. 



LETTERING 


REINHARDT, CHARLES W. Lettering for Draftsmen, Engineers and 
Students. A practical system of freehand lettering for working draw¬ 

ings. Fourteenth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 54 text ill., 15 full- 
page plates, 724 xii, 36 pp. $1.00 

(Author was formerly Chief Draftsman, Engineering News.) 

CONTENTS: Text. Inclined Lettering;—Lower Case Letters, Capital Letters, 
Numerals, Upright Lettering—Lower Case Letters, Capital Letters, Numerals, 
Extended Form; Freehand Lettering Applied to Working Drawings; Various 
Freehand Alphabets; Greek Alphabet; Lettering of Titles; Practice Sheets, Round 
Writing; Lettering for Photo-reproduction. Plates —I. Specimen Sheet; II. Map 
Lettering; III. Lettering Structural Design; IV. Italic and Modified Freehand 
Alphabet; V. Spurred Gothic; VI. Plain Gothic; VII. Roman Lettering; VIII. 
Greek Alphabet with Application ; IX. Construction of Titles (by Aid of Counting 
Letters, etc.); X. Two Unusual Shapes; XI. Various Specimens of Titles; XII. 
Various Specimens of Titles; XIII. Round Writing; XIV. Specimens of Lettered 
Drawings, Meridians, Scales; XV. Cross-section Millimeters (detached). 

R 0 LLINS 0 N, CHARLES. Alphabets and Other Material Useful to Letterers. 
Ill., oblong, 924 x 6 ^ 4 , 35 pp. $ 1.00 

CONTENTS: Materials for Engrossing; Suggestions in Art Designing; Business 
Script; Spencerian Capitals and Lower Case; English Script Capitals, Lower Case 
and Ornate; Roman; Block; Old English; German Text; Gothic; Medieval; Sickel’s 
German Round Hand; Broad Point; Borders and North Points; Roman Letters and 
Some Modifications; French Script; Italian; Monograms; Completed Work (3 
specimens). 

The various styles of letters contained in this volume are those most useful to 
the beginner, as well as to the professional engrosser. There are twenty-seven 
pages of carefully prepared alphabets printed from plates made direct from pen 
and ink copy by the author, and these combine the fundamental principles of 
working, with the necessary examples of lettering as employed in mechanical 
work, as well as the more ornate forms as applied to the advanced styles employed 
by illuminators. 



208 


MINERALOGY, MINING, METALLURGY 

GEOLOGY. 

GEIKIE, J. Structural and Field Geology, for Students of Pure and Applied 
Science. Second Edition, Revised. 143 ill., 6x9, 463 pp. $ 4.50 
CONTENTS: Rock Forming Minerals; Rocks; Fossils; Stratification and Forma¬ 
tion of Rock Beds; Concretionary and Secretionary Structures; Inclination and 
Curvature of Strata; Joints; Faults; Structures Resulting from Denudation; Erup¬ 
tive Rocks; Alteration and Metamorphism; Ore Formations; Geological Survey¬ 
ing; Maps and Sections; Economic Aspects of Geological Structure; Soils and 
Subsoils; Geological Structure and Surface Features. 

GEIKIE, JAMES. Mountains, Their Origin, Growth and Decay. 57 ill., 80 

plates, 6x8 ]/ 2 , 331 pp. $ 4.50 

CONTENTS: Original or Tectonic Mountains. Classification of Mountains; 
Mountains of Accumulation; Accumulation Mountains of Epigene Origin; De¬ 
formation Mountains; Folded Mountains; Direction of Crust Compression; 
Overfolds and Horizontal Displacements; Architecture and Origin of the Alps; 
Geological History of the Mountains; Types of Rock-structures; Denudation of 
the Alps; Alpine Mountain Forms; Ancient Folded Mountains; Dislocation 
Mountains; British Laccoliths and Batholiths; Origin of Folded Mountains; 
“Deeps” of the Pacific Ocean; Submarine Ranges of the Pacific; Foredeeps and 
Folded Mountains; Origin of the Pacific Foredeeps; Volcanic Isles of the Pacific; 
Active Sedimentation in Atlantic. Subsequent or Relict Mountains. Destruc¬ 
tion between Denuded Folded Mountains and Subsequent or Relict Mountains; 
Plateaus of Accumulation and Relict Mountains Derived from These; Examples; 
Glossary; Table of Geological Systems. 

GEIKIE, JAMES. The Antiquity of Man in Europe. 9 ill., 21 plates, 4 

maps, 6)4 *9^2, 34 $ PP- $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: The Testimony of Pleistocene Faunas and Floras; Of the Caves, 
Of the River Drifts, Of the Glacial Formations, and Of Interglacial Formations; 
The History of the Pleistocene Period; Notes. 

JOLY, J. Radioactivity and Geology. An account of the influence of radio¬ 
active energy on terrestrial history. 8 ill., 5)4 x 7 ) 4 , 290 pp. Reprinting 
CONTENTS: Foundations of Radioactive Science. Principles Underlying 

the Measurement of Radium in Terrestrial Materials. The Radium Underlying 
the Measurement of Radium in Terrestrial Materials. The Radium in the Earth’s 
Surface Materials. Underground Temperature and Radioactivity. The Insta¬ 
bility of the Earth’s Crust. The Instability of the Ocean Floor. Radioactivity and 
Mountain Structure. Radioactivity and the Interior of the Earth. Radio¬ 
activity in the Exterior Parts of the Earth. The Radioactivity of the Atmos¬ 
phere. Uranium and the Age of the Earth. Radium Measurements in Practice. 

MILLER, WILLIAM J. A11 Introduction to Historical Geology. With 

special reference to North America. 238 ill., 5 ) 4 x 8 , 415 pp. $ 2.25 

(Author is professor of geology at Smith College.) 

CONTENTS: General Principles; Origin and Pre-Geologic History of the 
Earth; The Archeozoic Era; The Proterozoic Era; The Cambrian Period; The 
Ordovician (Lower Silurian) Period; The Silurian (Upper Silurian) Period; 
The Devonian Period; The Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous) Period; The 
Pennsylvanian (Upper Carboniferous) Period; The Permian Period; Summary 
of Paleozoic History; The Triassic Period; The Jurassic Period; The Cretaceous 
Period; Summary of Mesozoic History; The Ternary Period; The Quaternary 
Period. 

Intended as a text for the historical geology portion of a year course in 
general geology, or for a separate study of historical geology. In a year 
course, the book may be used in combination with any one of several recent 



GEOLOGY—LITHOLOGY 


209 


texts dealing with physical and physiographic geology. The subject-matter 
is so arranged that certain parts may be omitted or little emphasized without 
impairing the value of the book as a text for even a short course. More in¬ 
troductory space is devoted to a discussion of the broad fundamental prin¬ 
ciples of historical geology than is customary in text-books. Careful attention 
to these principles at the beginning of the subject is well repaid in satisfaction 
to both teacher and student when the great events of earth history are taken 
up in regular order. Careful attention has been given to the selection of 
only such views, figures of fossils, diagrams and maps as to systematically 
illustrate the text without overdoing this feature of the book. 


NEWBEGIN, M. I., and ELETT, J. S. James Geikie, the Man and the 
Geologist. Ill., 6x9, 238 pp. $ 3.50 

An intimate account of the great scientist’s work, covering an active period 
of nearly half a century. The first part dealing with his “Life and Letters,” 
and the second being devoted to geological work, make this biographical 
sketch a life-like picture of this eminent man. 

SCHWARZ, E. H. L. Causal Geology. 35 ill., 6x9, 253 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: The Earth. The Source of the Earth’s Rocks. The Building 
of the Earth. Water. The Work of Surface Water. The Soil. The Atmos¬ 
phere. The Work of Underground Water. Heat. Earth Felds. The Earth’s 
Surface. Pressure. Cold Volcanoes. Normal Volcanoes. Earthquakes. The 
.Echaen Rocks. Index. 

Takes up the subject of metamorphism in connection with rock formation 
on the earth. It covers the ground of this planetismal hypothesis very 
clearly and completely. 


LITHOLOGY 


BOWIES, OLIVER. Tables for the Determination of Common Rocks. 

324 x 6, boards, 64 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Science Series, No. 125.) 

$ 0.75 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Rock Study. Rock Classification. Tables fo r 
the Determination of Rock-forming Minerals. Tables for the Determination 
of Common Rocks. Building Stone. Glossary. Index of Rocks and Minerals. 
The arrangement of rocks is not a classification in the strict sense of the 
term, but is rather a convenient grouping. The author s purpose is to present 
a concise, yet sufficiently comprehensive table of rocks in a form useful for 
field or laboratory identification. Prepared, as it is, for hand-specimen 
study without the aid of a microscope, it is especially adapted for the beginner 
in lithology. 


KEMP, JAMES F. A Handbook of Rocks For Use Without the Microscope. 

With a glossary of the names of rocks and of other lithological terms. 
Fifth Edition , Revised. 41 ill., 6>4 x 9 ^> 2 ^3 PP- $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Rock-forming Minerals; General Introduction to the Igneous 

Rocks; The Igneous Rocks; The Aqueous and Eolian Rocks; Limestones; The 
Metamorphic Rocks; The Recalculation of the Chemical Analyses of Rocks; 
Glossary. 


LUQUER, L. M. Minerals in Rock Sections. The practical method of identi¬ 
fying minerals in rock sections with the microscope. Especially ar¬ 
ranged for students in technical and scientific schools. Third Edition. 
79 ill., 161 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Introductory Optics for Optical Mineralogy; Pretiographical Mic¬ 
roscope; Investigation of Microscopic and Optical Characters of Minerals; Methods 
of Preparing Sections* Qiemical and JVfschamcal Tests. 



210 


LIT HO LOG Y—MINER ALOG Y 


YOUNG, ROBERT B. The Banket. A study of the auriferous conglomerates 
of the Witwatersrand and the associated rocks. Ill., 6x9, 140 pp. $ 3.50 
CONTENTS: Introduction; Allogenic Constituents of the Banket; Authigenic 
Constituents of the Banket; Associated Rocks—Metasomatism; The History of 
j the Banket. 

j MINERALOGY 

-- 

\ CORNWALL, H. B. Manual of Blow-pipe Analysis, Qualitative and Quanti¬ 
tative. With a complete system of determinative mineralogy. 69 ill., 
j 6x9, 318 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Apparatus; Reagents; Operations; General Operations and Exami¬ 
nations in Qualitative Blowpipe Analysis; Special Tests Sometimes Necessary; 
Systematic Blowpipe Analysis; Analysis with the Aid of the Wet Way; Spectrum 
Analysis; Assaying; Important Ores and Coals Described; Determinative 
Mineralogy. 

FOYE, J. C. Handbook of Mineralogy. Determination, description and 
classification of minerals found in the United States. Fifth Edition, 
Revised. Thirteenth Thousand. 3 ) 4 x 6 , boards, 180 pp. (Van 
Nostrand Science Series, No. 86.) $0.75 

CONTENTS: Apparatus and Reagents; Scale of Hardness and Fusibility; Sys¬ 
tems of Crystallization; Blowpipe Reactions; Determination of Species; Descrip¬ 
tion of Species; Chemical Classification; Classification by Basic Elements and Ores. 

GRATACAP, I. P. A Popular Guide to Mineral Collections. For the use 

of visitors to public cabinets of minerals and for elementary teach no- 
in mineralogy, 400 ill., 74 photographic plates, 6x9, 335 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Definitions of Terms. A Guide to Mineral Collections. The Devel¬ 
opment of Mineralogy. The Bement Collection of Minerals in the American Museum 
of Natural History. 

This work includes a preliminary statement of the fundamentals of Mineralogy, with 
brief epitomes of Crystallization^Composition, Optical Properties and the Physi¬ 
cal Constants of Minerals, followed by a descriptive survey of large collections 
as they will be found in public museums. It contains a description, in popular 
form, of the remarkable Bement Collection, one of the world-famous collections of 
minerals, as it exists to-day in the American Museum of Natural History in New 
York. A final chapter on the Development of Mineralogy narrates in more or less 
detailed outlines the history of discovery, experiment and observation which has 
created the science, and offers a valuable synthesis of the stages of its growth. 

MOSES, A. J. The Characters of Crystals. An introduction to physical 
crystallography. 321 ill. and diagrams, 6^x9^, 218 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Geometrical Characters; General Geometric Properties of Crystals; 
Spherical Projection; The Thirty-two Classes of Crystals; Measurement of Crystal 
Angles; Crystal Projection or Drawing; Optical Characters; Isotrooic Crystals; 
Uniaxial Crystals; Biaxial Crystals: Determination of Optical Characters of Bi¬ 
axial Crystals; Thermal, Magnetic and Electrical Characters ; Characters Dependent 
upon Elasticity and Cohesion; Suggested Outline of a Course in Physical Crystal¬ 
lography. 

MOSES, ALFRED J., and PARSONS, CHARLES L. Elements of Mineralogy, 
Crystallography and Blowpipe Analysis. From a practical standpoint. 

Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 575 ill., $y 2 x 8, 631 pp. $ 3.50 

(Authors are respectively Prof, of Mineralogy, Columbia University, N. Y City 
and Chief Chemist, United States Bureau of Mines.) 

CONTENTS: Crystallography. Introductory; The “Systems,” Their Classes, 



MINERALOGY-MINING 


211 


Forms and Symbols; The Grouping of Crystals and Their Imperfections; The 
Determination of the Geometrical Constants of a Crystal; Crystals-Optics. Blow¬ 
pipe Analysis. Apparatus Blast, Flame, etc.; Operations of Blowpipe Analysis; 
Summary of Useful Tests with the Blowpipe; Schemes for Qualitative Blowpipe 
Analysis. Mineralogy. Definition and Physical Characters; The Chemical Char¬ 
acters of Minerals; Formation and Occurrence; The Minerals of the Metallifer¬ 
ous Ore Deposits; Minerals Important in the Industries and Not Already De¬ 
scribed; Silica and the Rock-forming Silicates; Minerals Used as Precious and 
Ornamental Stones. Determinative Mineralogy. Tables for the Rapid Determin¬ 
ation of the Common Minerals; Table of Atomic Weights. 

RTJTLEY, FRANK. Elements of Mineralogy. Nineteenth Edition, Revised 
and Enlarged by H. H. Read, with an introduction by G. T. Holloway. 
84 ill., 5x714, 416 pp. ' $1.50 

CONTENTS: Properties of Minerals. Chemistry of Minerals; Physical Proper¬ 
ties of Minerals; Crystallography; Important Crystal Groups; Optical Properties 
of Minerals. Description of Mineral Species. Non-metallic Minerals: Carbon, 
Boron, Sulphur, Selenium, Ammonium, Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Barium, 
Strontium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Silicon, Biaxial Silicates, Uniaxial Silicates, 
Isotropic Silicates. Metallic Minerals: Titanium, Thorium, Tungsten, Tantalum, 
Molybdenum, Uranium, Chromium, Manganese, Arsenic, Antimony, Bismuth, 
Tellurium, Zinc, Cadmium, Tin, Lead, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, Mercury, 
Silver, Gold, Platinum, Paladium, Osmium, Iridium, Rhodium, Ruthenium. Glos¬ 
sary ; Geological System. 

In this new edition the book has been brought into line with the modern 
tendencies in economic mineralogy. A compact reference guide for the stu¬ 
dent and practical man. 

*MITH, H. G. Minerals and the Microscope. An introduction to the study 
of petrology. 33 ill., 12 plates, 5x7^, 136 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Optical Properties of Minerals. Characters of Minerals in Ordin¬ 
ary Transmitted Light; In Reflected Light; With the Lower Nicol Inserted; 
Characters of Minerals between Crossed Nicols, and between Crossed Nicols in 
Convergent Light; Descriptions of Common Rock-Forming Minerals; Refractive 
Index of Isolated Fragments; Hints on Petrology. 

WINCHELL, N. H. and A. N. Elements of Optical Mineralogy. 350 ill., 4 

plates, 6R[x8^4, 510 pp. $3.50 

CONTENTS: Certain Phenomena of Light; Elements of Mineralogy; Application 
of Polarized Light to Crystalline Substances; Description of Minerals; Analytical 
Tables; Optical Study of Opaque Minerals; Microchemical Methods; Partial Bib¬ 
liography, 

Mining 

PROSPECTING AND SAMPLING 

ANDERSON, J. W. Prospector s Handbook. A guide for the prospector 
and traveller in search of metal-bearing or other valuable minerals. 
Eleventh Edition, Revised. Ill., 4^x6^. $1.75 

CONTENTS: Prospecting; Rocks; Testing Minerals by the Blowpipe; The Char¬ 
acter of Minerals; Characteristics, Testing,Occurrence, etc., of Metals and Metallic 
Ores; Composition of Various Rocks; Testing by Wet Process; Assay of Gold; 
Treatment of Ores; Surveying; Tables and Glossary of Terms. 

McMECHEN, F. I. Tests for Ores, Minerals and Metals of Commercial Value. 

Ill., 4x8^4, 152 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Index of Rocks; Index of Minerals and Metals; Rock Formations; 



212 


MINING—MINES 


Ore and Vein Formations; Chemical Properties; Occurrence, Uses and Tests for 
Metals and Alinerals; Glossary of Mining Terms, Working Processes, Theories, 
etc.; Value and Production of California Minerals. 

MERRITT, WILLIAM H. Field Testing for Gold and Silver. A practical 

manual for prospectors and miners. 56 ill., 9 plates, 4x6, limp leather, 
155 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Testing in the Field; Sampling; Panning Assay; Pan-Amalgama¬ 
tion Assay; Free-Milling Test; Blow-Pipe; Testing Concentrated Ores; Field 
Furnace; Chlorination and Cyanide Processes; Placer and Hydraulic Mining; 
Table of Common Ores; Table of Common Rock Forming Minerals; Blow Pipe 
Reactions; Geology; Diagnostic Character of Rocks; Classification of Rocks. 


MINES AND METAL MINING 
(Sec also “Electricity in Mining.”) 

LAMPRECHT, R. Recovery Work After Pit Fires. Translated from the 

German by Charles Salter. 76 ill., 7 plates, 5)4 x 8)4, l %7 PP- $ 5.00 
CONTENTS: Causes of Pit Fires; Preventative Regulations; Precautionary Meas¬ 
ures; Use of Electricity in Mines; Indications of Existing or Incipient Fires; Vari¬ 
ous Appliances for Working in Irrespirable Gases; Extinguishing Pit Fires; Dam 
Building; Rescue Stations; Spontaneous Ignition of Coal in Bulk. 

MAURICE, WILLIAM. The Shot-Firer’s Guide. A practical manual on 

blasting and the prevention of blasting accidents. 78 ill., 5)4 x 8)4, 
212 pp. $ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Explosives; Detonations and Fuses; Exploders; Wires and 
Cables; Testing; Practical Applications; Risks Immediately Caused by the 
Explosive; Accidents Resulting from the Ignition of Inflammable Atmospheres; 
Laws relating to the Storage and Use of Explosives. 

MURPHY, J. G. Practical Mining. A field manual for mining engineers, 
with hints for investors. 4x6)4, 106 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Practical Mining; Free-Milling Silver Ores; Refractory Ores; Free- 
Milling and Refactory Ores Combined; Written to Point Out the Nature of the 
Knowledge to be Sought and by Exposing some of the Sources, to Limit the Fre¬ 
quency of Error. 

VAN WAGENEN, T. F. Manual of Hydraulic Mining for the Use of the 
Practical Miner. Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 414 x 6 , 
123 pp. 1 $1.00 

CONTENTS: Introductory; General Physical Conditions; General Methods of 
Placer Mining; Directions for the Miner; The Properties of Water; Construc¬ 
tion of Waterways; Flow of Water in Flumes and Ditches; Iron Piping; Nozzles 
and Discharge; The Sluice; The Dredge. 

A practical manual, avoiding all technicalities, intended to guide the miner 
in the preliminaries only incident to operating an hydraulic mining property. 

WABNER, R. Ventilation in Mines. Translated from the German by 
Charles Salter. 22 ill., 30 plates, 6)4 x 10, 251 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: Causes of the Contamination of Pit Air; Means of Preventing 
Danger resulting from it; Calculating Volume of Ventilating Current necessary; 
Determination of Resistance Opposed to Passage of Air through Pit; Laws and 
Formulas of Resistance; Means for Providing a Ventilating Current in Pit; 
Mechanical Ventilation; Ventilators and Fans; Determining the Theoretical, Ini- 



GOLD AND SILVER 


213 


tial and True Depression of the Centrifugal Fan; New Types of Centrifugal Fan 
of Small Diameter and High Working Speed; Artificially Retarding the Ventilating 
Current; Ventilating Preliminary Workings; Blind .Headings; Separate Ventila¬ 
tion; Supervision of Ventilation. 

GOLD AND SILVER 

BOWIE, A. J., Jr. A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic Mining in California. 

Eleventh Edition. 73 ill., 52 tables, Jx. 10, 313 pp. $ 5.00 

CONTENTS: The Records of Gold Washing; History and Development of Placer- 
Mining in California; General Topography and Geology of California; Distribu¬ 
tion of Gold in Deposits and the Value of Different Strata; Amount of Workable 
Gravel Remaining in California; The Different Methods of Mining Gold-Placers; 
Preliminary Investigations; Reservoirs and Dams; Measurement of Flowing 
Water; Ditches and Flumes; Pipes and Nozzles; Various Mechanical Appliances; 
Blasting Gravel Banks; Tunnels and Sluices; Tailings and Dump; Washing or 
Hydraulicking; Distribution of Gold in Sluices; Loss of Gold and 'Quicksilver; 
Duty of the Miner’s Inch; Statistics of the Cost of Working and the Yield of 
Gravel. 

DENNY, G. A. Deep-level Mines of the Rand, and Their Future Develop¬ 
ment. Considered from the commercial point of view. With folding 
plates, diagrams, and tables. 48 ill., 7^4 x 10 *4, 182 pp. $10.00 

CONTENTS: Extent of the Goldfields; Geological Conditions; Characteristics of 
the Reef; Records of Existing Deep-level Companies; Dimensions of Properties; 
Location of Deep-level Shafts and Boring for Reef Horizon; Surveying Shafts; 
Development; Engineering Problems ; Financial Problems ; Expenditure ; Forecast 
of Position of Deep-level Mines in 1906; Valuation of Mines; Probable Economies 
to be Effected. 

TINNEY, W. H. Gold Mining Machinery: Its Selection, Arrangement and 
Installation. A practical handbook for the use of mine managers and 
engineers. 97 ill., 6*4 x' 9 / 4 , 320 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: Motive Power; Engine Erecting; Boilers; Chimneys; Fuel; Feed; 
Management of Motive Power; Pumping Machinery; Winding Machinery; Air 
Compressors; Rock Drills; Crushing Machinery; Concentrating and Gold Extract¬ 
ing Plant; Transmission of Power; Transport; Piping and Joints; Construction; 
Tackle and Tools; Details for Estimates. 


COAL AND COAL MINING 

COSGROVE, JAMES F. Coal. Its Economical and Smokeless Combustion. 

33 ill-, 5^2 x 8 * 4 , 283 pp. $3.50 

CONTENTS: Classification of Coals; Characteristics of Coal; Coal Classed Ac¬ 
cording to Use; Composition of Coal; Effect of Size of Coal; Clinkering of Coal 
Ash; Prevention of Clinker; Geological History of Coal; The Coal Fields of 
America; Analysis of Coal; Purchasing of Coal; Theory of Combustion; Com¬ 
bustion of Coal; Temperature of Combustion; Determining the Heat Value of 
Coal; Burning Bituminous Coal; Smoke and its Prevention; Burning Coal Smoke¬ 
lessly; Draft Regulation; Hand-Fired Furnaces; Stoker Furnaces. 

GARF0RTH, W. E. Suggested Rules for Recovering Coal Mines After 
Explosions and Fires. 4 folding plates, S x 7 / 4 > leather, 71 pp. $1.50 
CONTENTS: Introduction Showing the Necessity for Formulating Rules. 

Suggested Rules to be Taken Before an Accident. Appointment of Emergency 
Officials Ambulance Stores, Food, etc. Preparation of Mechanical and Other 
Special Appliances, Safety and Electric Lamps, etc. Ventilation, Fan-drift, 




214 


PETROLEUM 


Separat on Doors, etc. Sections and Plans of Shafts and Underground 
Workings for the Use of Explorers. Instructions to Workmen, Need of 
Special Knowledge and Training for Rescue Work and Suggestions Should 
Men be Entombed. Equipment of Rescue Stations and Requirements of Portable 
Breathing Apparatus. Danger Attending use of Apparatus with Untrained 
Men. Suggested Rules for Guidance After an Accident. Emergency Officials 
and Restoratives, etc. Winding and Ventilation Arrangements, etc. Rules 
for Guidance of Exploration Parties, etc. Special Rules in the Use of Rescue 
Apparatus. Suggestions Relating to the Restoration of Ventilation. Treat¬ 
ment of Survivors. Scientific Aids. Provision for the Conveyance of Corpses. 
Disposal of the Carcases of Dead Horses. Disinfectants and Precautions taken 
to Prevent Blood-poisoning. Information Required for Special Enquiry. 
Restoration on Alteration of Roadways for the Resumption of Work. Con¬ 
clusion. 

MERIVALE, J. H. Notes and Formulae for Mining Students. Fourth Edi¬ 
tion, revised and enlarged by H. F. Bulman. 4^ x 6 ^ 4 , 188 pp. $ 1.00 

PAMELY, C. Colliery Manager’s Handbook. A comprehensive treatise on 
the laying-out and working of collieries, designed as a book of refer¬ 
ence for colliery managers and for the use of coal-mining students 
preparing for first-class certificates. Fifth Edition, Revised and En¬ 
larged. 1,000 ill., 7x10, 1208 pp. $10.00 

CONTENTS: Geology; Search for Coal; Mineral Leases and other Holdings; 
Shaft Sinking; Surface Arrangements; Timbering and Walling; Narrow Work 
and Methods of Working; Surface Railways and Underground Conveyances; 
Drainage; Ventilation; Priestman Oil Engine; Petroleum and Natural Gas; Sur¬ 
veying ; Lamps ; Lighting; Coal Cutting Machinery; Colliery Explosions; Incidental 
Operations and Appliances. 

VIRGIN, R 0 BT. Z. Coal Mine Management. In Press 

WALSH, JOSEPH J. Physics and Chemistry of Mining and Mine Ventilation. 

A practical handbook for vocational schools and for those qualifying 
for mine foreman and mine inspector certificates. Second Edition, Re¬ 
vised and Enlarged. Ill., 5^x8, 232 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Matter; Motion; Velocity and Force; Gravitation; Liquids and 
Liquid Pressure ; Heat; Gases ; Barometer; Gases ; Specific Heat; Air Analysis ; 
Mine Ventilation; Formulas; Mine Fires. 

Deals fully with the fundamental theories and laws of ventilation, covering 
the subject with sufficient completeness to meet the needs of the mine fore¬ 
man or inspector and furnishes the student with a suggestive method of 
study in graphic form. All of the excellent features which have made the book 
so useful for those studying to qualify for beter position have been retained 
and improved. 


PETROLEUM 


THOMPSON, A. B. Oil Fields of Russia and the Russian Petroleum Industry. 

A practical handbook. 93 ill., numerous plates, 8x11, 522 pp. $ 10.00 

CONTENTS: Composition and Special Features of the Oil Deposits; Distribution 
of Oil Throughout the Strata; Origin of Petroleum in the Caucasus; Phenomena 
Attending its Distribution; Statistics; Boring for Oil; Casing of Wells; Exclusion 
of Water from Oil Wells; Methods of Raising Oil; Air Lift System of Oil Rais- 



PE TROLE UM—ME TALL URG Y 


215 

ing; Baling Wells; Fountains; Generation of Steam; Theory and Practice of 
Liquid Fuel; Fires on the Oil Fields; Administration of Oil Properties; Notes on 
the Treatment of Belts and Wire Rope; Useful Data and Figures. 

THOMPSON, A. B. Oil Field Development and Petroleum Mining. A prac¬ 
tical guide to the exploration of petroleum lands, and a study of the 
engineering problems connected with the winning of petroleum. 155 ill., 
8 colored maps, 6x9, 700 pp. $10.00 

CONTENTS: Introductory; Customs, Leasing and Valuation of Oil-Fields; 
Geological Structure and Lithological Character of Oil-Fields, and Factors Gov¬ 
erning the Distribution of Petroleum ; Indications of Petroleum and Phenomena 
Associated with Its Occurrence; Typical Oil-Field Structures; Origin, Composi¬ 
tion, Characteristics, and Treatment of Petroleum; Systems of Drilling or Boring 
for Petroleum; Casing or Lining Tubes for Wells and Appliances Employed in 
Its Insertion, Manipulation, Extraction, and Repairs; Exclusion of Water from 
Oil Wells; The Extraction of Petroleum and Natural Gas; Oil-Field Equipment; 
The Measurement, Collection, Transmission, and Utilization of Natural Gas; 
Compilation of Statistical Records; Oil-Field Organization and Accounts. 

The author’s aim has been to put in unpretentious language and concise form 
the main principles of an industry bristling in unsolved problems and encom¬ 
passed by far-reaching possibilities, presenting unbounded opportunities for 
enterprising engineers of education and initiative. The author is not an 
arm-chair critic, but a clear observer who has had some twenty years’ prac¬ 
tical and uninterrupted experience in oil fields in all parts of the world. The 
information contained in this volume is based on an intimate knowledge 
of many widely separated oil fields accumulated during years of extensive 
travelling. The work contains a vast amount of useful data conveniently 
tabulated and arranged and it is full of kinks and suggestions of use to oil 
field operators. Eight colored maps showing the distribution of the oil fields 
of the world are among the hundreds of excellent illustrations contained in 
this work. 


Metallurgy 

RIDEAL, E. K. The Rare Earths and Metals. 5^2x8^. (Industrial 
Chemistry Series.) In Press 

ROSENHAIN, WALTER. An Introduction to the Study of Physical Metal¬ 
lurgy. 140 ill., 6x9, 375 pp. (Metallurgy Series.) $4.00 

CONTENTS: Introductory. Structure and Constitution of Metals and Alloys. 
Microscopic Examination of Metals; The Metallurgical Microscope; The Micro¬ 
structure of Pure Metals and of Alloys; Thermal Study of Alloys; The Con¬ 
stitutional Diagram and the Physical Properties of Alloys; Typical Alloy Sys¬ 
tems; The Iron-Carbon System. The Properties of Metals as Related to Their 
Structure and Constitution. Mechanical Testing of Metals; Effect of Strain on 
the Structure of Metals; Thermal Treatment of Metals; Mechanical Treatment 
of Metals, including Casting; Defects and Failures in Metals and Alloys. 

A brief study, largely from the point of view of the internal structure of 
metals. Throughout the book more attention is given to the principles under¬ 
lying the various operations and the laws which govern them than to the 
detailed description of apparatus or of experimental methods. This work 
should serve not only as an introduction to the subject of the chemistry and 
physics of metallurgy, but also as an introduction to the “Metallurgy Series” 
edited by the author of this, the first volume. 


216 


METALLURGY—IRON AND STEEL 


METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS 


PARK, JAMES. Laboratory Instructions in Assaying and Practical Chem¬ 
istry. Second Edition. x 8 ^ 4 , 203 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Practical Assaying; Principles of Qualitative Analysis; Quantita¬ 
tive Analysis of Simple and Complex Substances; Volumetric Analysis Tables. 

PLATTNER'S Manual of Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis with the 
Blowpipe. Translated by Henry B. Cornwall, assisted by John H. 
Caswell. From the sixth German edition, by Prof. Friederich Kol- 
beck. Eighth Edition, Revised. 87 ill., 6^x9^, 463 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Apparatus and Reagents. Qualitative Blowpipe Analysis. General 
Rules; Examination of Minerals, Ores and Metallurgical Products for Metallic 
and Non-Metallic Bodies; Examples Showing the Method of Detecting the Con¬ 
stituents of Various Compounds.' Quantitative Blowpipe Assays. Preparation 
of Substances; Detailed Description of Assays of Silver; Gold; Copper; Lead; 
Bismuth; Tin; Cobalt and Nickel; Mercury and Their Alloys. 

WHITE, CHARLES H. Methods in Metallurgical Analysis. 106 ill., MA x 

VA, 364 PP- $ 2.50 

(Author is assistant professor in mining and metallurgy in Harvard University 
and in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.) 

CONTENTS: Definition of the Subject; Sampling; Necessity for Correct Sam¬ 
pling ; The Operations of Analysis, Gravimetric, Polumetric Analysis; Calori¬ 
metry; Methods of Analysis in the Metallurgy of Iron and Steel; Moisture; 
Hydroscopic Water; Combined Water; Loss on Ignition; Iron in Ores; Silica, 
Sulphur, Phosphorous, Alumina, Manganese, Lime, Magnesia and Tibanium in 
Ore; Analysis of: Iron and Steel; Iron Slags; Limestone; Methods of Analysis 
in the Metallurgy of Copper, Lead, etc.; Copper, Lead. Zinc and Arsenio in Ore; 
Analysis of: Copper Matte; Chilled Blast Furnace Slags; Reverberatory Slags; 
Briquettes and other Copper Bearing Products; Copper Bullion ; Alloys; Methods 
of Analysis in the Production of the Precious Metals; Analysis of Fluxes; 
Analysis of Fuels; Analysis of Clay; Methods for the Determination of Some of 
the Minor Metals; Methods for the Determination of Some of the Rarer Metals; 
Testing of Lubricating Oils; Examination of Boiler Water; Detection of the 
Metals; Tables; General References. 

In this volume are brought together those mthods in metallurgical analysis 
which, owing to their fitness, seem to have been most generally adopted in 
American metallurgical laboratories. The procedures are given for the sake 
of clearness in as direct statement as possible without regard to literary style. 


IRON AND STEEL 
(See also (( Electrometallurgy ,) ) 

DICHMANN, CARL. The Basic Open-Hearth Steel Process. Translated by 

Alleyne Reynolds. Ill., 6*4x9^, 340 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: Physical Conditions in an Open-Hearth Furnace System; Genera 
Remarks on Producer Gas; Raw Materials for Producer Working; Reactions on 
Gasification in the Producer, Stoichiometric Relations; Thermal Conditions for 
Gasification of Carbon; Influence of the Individual Reactions on the Temperature 
of Reaction; Distillation and Producer Gas; Judgment of the Working of Pro¬ 
ducer from Analysis of the Gas; Gas and Air on Their Way Through the Furnace 
System; Chemistry of the Basic Open-Hearth Process; Reducing and Oxidizing 
Processes; Valuation of the Phosphorus Content of the Pig Iron; Comparison 
between the Basic Open-Hearth Process and the Pneumatic Refining Process. 




FOUNDRY PRACTICE 


217 


HUDSON, 0. F. Iron and Steel. An introductory text-book for engineers 
and metallurgists. With a section on Corrosion by Guy D. Bengough. 
(Outlines of Industrial Chemistry.) 47 ill., 6x9*4, 184 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Mechanical Testing. Smelting of Iron Ores. Properties of Cast 
Iron. Foundry Practice. Mixing Cast Iron for Foundry Work. Malleable Cast 
Iron. Wrought Iron. Manufacture of Steel. Cementation Process. Crucible 
Steel. Bessemer Process. Open Hearth Process. Electric Furnaces. Mechanical 
Treatment of Steel. Reheating. Impurities in Steel. Constitution of Iron Carbon 
Alloys. Heat Treatment of Steel. Special Steels. Steel Castings. Case Harden¬ 
ing. Welding. The Corrosion of Steel and Iron. 

Presents briefly the more important principles of the metallurgy of iron and 
steel. Practical details of methods of production have been avoided in order that 
such matters as the constitution of steel and cast iron, and the effect of mechanical 
and heat treatment on the properties of these alloys might be adequately con¬ 
sidered. The corrosion of iron and steel has been fully dealt with in a specially 
contributed section. 

JtiPTNER, H. F. V. Siderology: The Science of Iron. (The Constitution 
of Iron Alloys and Iron.) Translated from the German by Charles 
Salter. Ill., 5% x 8^4, cloth, 352 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; The Theory of Solution; Micrography; Chemical 
Composition of the Alloys of Iron; Chemical Composition of Slag. 

KERSHAW, J. B. C. Electro-Thermal Methods of Iron and Steel Production. 
With an introduction by Dr. L A. Fleming, F.R.S. SO tables, 02 ill., 
534 x 8 * 4 , 262 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: General Review of Progress in Period 1907-1912; General Prin¬ 
ciples of Electric Heating and Classification of Furnaces; Notes on Electrodes 
and Refractory Materials for Linings; Electric Smelting Furnaces; Electric 
Steel-Refining Furnaces: The Heroult, The Giord, The Stassano, The Kjellm 
and Rochling-Rodenhauser, The Keller; Other Types of Electric Furnace for 
Refining Steel; Comparative Power Consumption and Working Costs; Lists of 
Furnaces for Iron and Steel Production in Operation or Under Construction in 
1912; Patents Granted Between 1898 and 1911; Abstracts and Reprints of Earlier 
Patents; Abstracts of Papers and Notes on Electric Steel Refining. 

MARKS, E. C. R. Manufacture of Iron and Steel Tubes. Second Edition, 
Enlarged. 133 ill., 5 x 73 / 2 . $2.50 

A summary of the efforts and achievements of inventors based on their 
patent specifications as filed in the British Patent Office, so arranged as to be 
of some practical utility to manufacturers and others interested in iron and 
steel tubes. 

SEILEW, WILLIAM H. Steel Rails, Their History, Properties, Strength 
and Manufacture. With notes on the principles of rolling stock and 
track design. 361 ill., 35 folding plates, 7^4 x 10 575 PP- $10.00 

(Author is principal assistant engineer, Michigan Central Railroad.) 

ABRIDGED CONTENTS: Development of the Present Section; Pressure of the 
Wheel on the Rail; Supports of the Rail; Stresses in the Rail; Strength of the 
Rail; Influence of Detail of Manufacture; Rail Specifications. 

(For detailed table of contents see page 98.) 

SEXTON, A. H., and PRIMROSE, J. S. G. An Outline of the Metallurgy of 
Iron and Steel. Second Edition. 271 ill., 6 x 8 j 4 , 587 pp. $6.50 
CONTENTS: Iron; Pig Iron; Preparation of Materials for the Smelterjl 


2 l8 


FOUNDRY PRACTICE 


Chemistry of the Blast Furnace; Thermal Phenomena of the Blast furnace; ihe 
Blast Furnace; Accessories; Air Supply; The Hot Blast; Blast furnace Slag; Cal¬ 
culating Charges - ;• Blast Furnace Practice; Utilization of By-Products; Historical; 
The Foundry; Malleable Iran; Properties; Puddling; Other Methods of Pre¬ 
paring; The Forge and the Mill; Steel; Production Direct from the Ore and from 
Malleable Iron; Production by Partial Decarburization of Pig Iron; The Bes¬ 
semer Process; Chemistry of the Bessemer Process; Thermal Phenomena of the 
Bessemer Blow; Working of the Bessemer Process; Bessemer Plant; Basic Besse¬ 
mer Process and Plant; Modifications; Historical Notes on the Bessemer Process; 
The Siemens or Open-Hearth Process and Plant; Basic-Open-Hearth Process; 
Modifications of the Open-Hearth Process; Appliances Applicable to all Processes; 
Working and Casting Mild Steel; After-Treatment of Iron and Steel; Alloy 
Steels; Testing Iron and Steel; Rusting and Protection of Iron and Steel; Micro¬ 
structure of Iron and Steel; Heat Treatment of Iron and Steel; Appendix. 

STANSBIE, J. H. Iron and Steel. 86 ill., 6 x 8 ) 4 , 389 pp. (Van Nos¬ 
trand’s Westminster Series.) $2.50 

CONTENTS: Iron Ores; Combustible and Other Materials Used in Manufacture; 
Primitive Methods of Production; Pig Iron and its Manufacture; Refining in 
Small Charges; Crucible and Weld Steel; Bessemer Process; Open-Hearth Pro¬ 
cess; Mechanical Treatment of Iron and Steel; Physical and Mechanical Proper¬ 
ties; Iron and Steel Under the Microscope; Heat Treatment; Electric Smelting; 
Special Steels; Glossary. 

STEVENSON, J. L. Blast Furnace Calculations. Ill., 5 y 2 x 7)4, leather, 
160 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Analyses of Coke, and Ores; Size of Furnace Required; To Find 
Working Capacity; Burden Capacity; Calculations of Cubical Contents of 18' x8o' 
Furnace; Volume by Method of Conical Frustra; Burden Capacity per Ton of 
Iron; Commencing the Designing; Furnace Bosh; Furnace Height; Hearth; Slag 
Tuyere; Tuyeres; Stove Power and Heating Surface; Air Capacity Required; 
Changes in Temperature; Summary of Power Required for any*Output per Fur¬ 
nace per Day; Section of 260 Tons Furnace; Pig Iron; Analyses for Comparison; 
Pig Iron for Castings; Ores Suitable for Bessemer Process; Purple Ores; Swedish 
Ores; Manganese and Iron; Sundry Analyses; Forms for Recording Results of 
Operations. 


FOUNDRY PRACTICE 

BALE, G. R. Modern Iron Foundry Practice. Part I., Foundry Equipment, 

Materials Used, and Processes Followed. 208 ill., 5^ x 7 ) 4 , 397 pp. 

$ 3.00 

HORNER, JOSEPH G. Practical Iron Founding. Fourth Edition , Thor¬ 
oughly Revised and Enlarged. 283 ill., 5 )4 * 7 ) 4 , 4*8 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Sands and Their Preparations; Iron-Melting and Testing; Cupolas, 
Blasts and Ladles; The Shops and Their Equipments; Moulding Boxes and 
Tools; Shrinkage-Curving; Fracture-Faults; Principles of Green Sand Molding; 
Dry Sand Molding Cores; Loam Work; Elements of Machine Molding; Exam- 
amples of Molding Machines; Machine Molded Gears; Miscellaneous Economies; 
Weights of Castings; Appendix. 

McCRACKEN E. M., and SAMPSON. C. H. Course in Pattern Making. 

In Press 

CONTENTS: General Information; Pattern Lumber; Hand Tools; Machines 
Used by the Pattern Maker; Moulding; Foundry Equipment; Patterns; Jaw for 
Steady Rest; Bearing Cap; Small Cylinder Patterns; Shaft Coupling; Bronze 
Bushing; Clutch Thimble; Cere Box Plane; Gland; Wall Bracket; Compression 



FOUNDRY PRACTICE 


219 


Chamber for Steam Plimp; Rocker Arm; Boiler Flange; iJ/2-inch Return Bend; 
6-inch Sheave Wheel ; Piston; Piston Rings; Pulley and Gear Arms ; Cylinder 
Head; Fly Wheel; 54-inch Sheave ; Gears; Hollow Patterns; Skeleton Patterns, 
Loam Moulding ; A Type of Pattern Construction ; Additional Patterns. 

PARSONS, S. J. Malleable Cast Iron. Second Edition, Revised. 86 ill., 
6x 9, 182 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Melting. Analyses of Pig Irons; Crucible Furnace; Mixing; Care 
of Crucibles; Cupola; Air Furnace. Moulding. Facing Sands; Feeding; Gating; 
Spray Moulding; Oddside Moulding; Tube Moulding; Tub Moulding; Plate 
Moulding; Moulding a Cube, a Ring, Pipe, Pump Lever, Jawstock, Wheel, Ele¬ 
vator Bucket; Muffling; Core-making. Annealing. Construction of Ovens; Theo¬ 
ries of Annealing; Annealing Ore; Treatment of Hard Castings; Packing; Charg¬ 
ing; Building a Vault; Firing; Drawing; Re-annealing; Measurement of Tem¬ 
perature; American Process; Treatment of Special Castings; Annealing Pans. 
Cleaning and Straightening. Tumbling; Grinding; Causes of Distortion; Straight¬ 
ening Press; Straightening Wheels and Rings; Cylindrical Castings and Flanges; 
Irregular Shapes; Use of Wedges and Blocks; Setting Plate. Design. First 
Principles; Classification; Influence on Foundry Practice; Design of Wheels, etc. 
Patterns. Contraction; Machining Allowance; Cores; Metal Patterns; Core¬ 
boxes; Making a Spray; Setting Patterns on Plates. Inspection and Testing. 
Defects in Castings, Dirt, Scab, Cold Shuts, Sears, Blowholes; Mechanical Tests, 
Bending, Dropping, Drawing, Ringing; Defect Annealing; Good and Bad Tests; 
Shearing. Foundry Chemistry. Silicon; Sulphur; Phosphorus; Manganese; Car¬ 
bon. Mixing by Analysis. Methods of Calculation. Measurement of Tempera¬ 
ture. Construction and Use of Pyrometers; Installation. Addendum. Malleable 
Cast Steel. 

PAYNE, DAVID W. Founders’ Manual. A presentation of modern foundry 
operations, for the use of foundrymen, * foremen, students and others. 
Ill., 4^4 x 7 ^, 687 pp. $4.00 

CONTENTS: Elementary Mathematics; Weights and Measures; Natural Sines, 
Tangents, etc.; Materials; Mechanics; Alloys; Belting; Useful Information; 
Iron; Chemical Constituents of Cast Iron ; Mixing Iron ; Steel Scrap in Mixtures 
of Cast Iron; Test Bars; Chemical Analyses; Standard Specifications for Cast 
Iron Car Wheels; Standard Specifications for Locomotive Cylinders; Standard 
Specification for Cast Iron Pipe; Mechanical Analysis; Malleable Cast Iron; 
Steel Castings in the Foundry; Foundry Fuels; The Cupola; Moulding Sand; 
The Core Room and Appurtenances; The Moulding Room; Moulding Machines; 
Continuous Melting; Determination of Weight of Castings; Water, Lighting, 
Heating and Ventilation; Foundry Accounts; Pig Iron Directory. 

A ready reference guide giving authoritative instructions for the solution of 
the many problems which are continually presented in the foundry. The 
information is gathered from many sources and presented in orderly fashion, 
so as to be of value for students as well as experienced men. 

REISER, F. Hardening and Tempering of Steel, in Theory and Practice. 

Translated from the German of the third and enlarged edition, by 
Arthur Morris and Herbert Robson. 5 x 7^4, 130 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Definition and Classification; Chemical and Physical Properties and 
Their Casual Connection; Classification According to Use; Testing for Quality; 
Hardening; Investigation of the Causes of Failure in Hardening; Regeneration of 
Steel Spoilt in the Furnace; Welding. 

RICHARDS, WILLIAM A. Forging of Iron and Steel. A textbook for the 
use of students in colleges, secondary schools and the shop. 337 ill., 
5^2 x 8^4, 221 pp. $2.00 

(Author is instructor in forge, foundry and machine practice in the University 
High School and the University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.) 

CONTENTS: Introduction. Historic Use of Iron and Steel. Iron and Steel. 


220 


FOUNDRY PRACTICE 


Equipment. Fuel and Fires. Drawing Down and Upsetting. Bending and Twist¬ 
ing. Splitting, Punching, and Riveting. The Uses of Blacksmiths’ Tools. Weld¬ 
ing. Electric, Autogenous and Thermit Welding. Brazing. Tool Steel. High 
Speed Tool Steel. Art Iron Work. Steam and Power Hammers. Calculations. 
Appendix. 

A simple treatment of the subject for the use of high-school classes yet 
thorough and systematic enough to be a useful manual for the practicing 
smith. The work aims to elucidate the underlying principles of the subject 
and in a series of review questions that close each chapter brings out the im¬ 
portant phases of the various processes discussed. In an appendix the author 
presents a set of exercises each of which exemplifies some principle of forge- 
work, thus giving the teacher an opportunity to map out a course in the 
subject best suited to the equipment of the school. 

ROSE, J. The Pattern Makers' Assistant. Embracing lathe work, branch 
work, core work, sweep work and practical gear constructions, the 
preparation and use of tools. Eleventh Edition. 250 ill., 5x 8, 

334 PP- ^ $2.50 

CONTENTS: Pattern Making; Lathes, Lathe Chucks and Lathe Tools; How a 
Pattern is Moulded; On Cores; Examples of Simple Lathe Work; Pipe and Joint 
Work; Wheels and Pulleys; Pipe Bends and Lagging; Globe Valves; Joints; Bench 
Work; Column Patterns; Thin Work; Sweep and Loam Work; Gear Wheels; 
Section Moulding; Machine Tools for Pattern Making; Tables. 

ROXBURGH, WILLIAM. General Foundry Practice. Being a treatise on 

general iron founding, job loam practice, moulding and casting of 
finer metals, practical metallurgy in the foundry, and pattern-making 
from a moulder’s point of view. 161 ill., 5 J 4 x 8j4, 308 pp. (Van Nos¬ 
trand’s Westminster Series.) $2.50 

CONTENTS: General Iron Founding. Starting a Small Iron Foundry 
Moulding Sands. Location of Impurities. Core Gum. Blow Holes. Burning 
jCastings. Venting. The Use of the Riser in Casting. Chaplets. Shrinkage. 
^Pressure of Molten Iron (Ferro-static Pressure). Feeding or the Compression 
of Metals. Metal Mixing. Temperature. Defects in Cast-iron Castings. 
Special Pipes (and Patterns). Green-sand and Dry-sand. Core Clipping. 
Machine and Snap-flask Moulding. Moulding Cylinders and Cylinder Cores. 
Jacketed Cylinders. Core Sands. Moulding a Corliss Cylinder in Dry-sand. 
General Pipe Core Making. Chilled Castings. Flasks or Moulding Boxes. 
Gates and Gating. Jobbing Loam Practice. Loam Moulding. Moulding a 
36" Cylinder Liner. Moulding a Slide-valve Cylinder. Moulding a Cylinder 
Cover. Cores and Core Irons for a Slide-valve Cylinder. Moulding a Piston. 
Loam Moulding in Boxes or Casings. Moulding a 20'' Locomotive Boiler Front 
Cross Block. The Use of Ashes and Dry-sand in Loam Moulding. Moulding and 
Casting the Finer Metals. Starting a Small Brass Foundry. Furnaces. Waste 
in Melting. Moulding. Temperature. Brass Mixtures, etc. Draw and Inte¬ 
gral Shrinkage. Position of Casting and Cooling the Castings. Bronzes. Alu¬ 
minium. Phosphor. Manganese, and Running with the Plug Gate. Casting 
Speculums. The Alloy. Draw. Treatment of Castings. Comnression and 
Annealing. Melting and Pouring. Moulding Aluminium Founding. Scabbing. 
Sand. Gating. Risers. Melting, and Temperature. Aluminium Castings 
and Alloys. Malleable Cast. Practical Metallurgy in the Foundry. General 
Pattern-making from a Moulder’s Point of View. Foundry Ovens and their 
Constructions. Fuels. Foundry Tools. 

TREIBER, E. Foundry Machinery. Translated from the German bv Charles 
Salter. 51 ill. 4 j 4 x 7 /^> l 47 PP- $2.00 

CONTENTS: Machines for the Preparatory Treatment of Moulding Material- 
Moulding Machines; Hand Moulding Machines; Simple Lift-Up Machines • Turn¬ 
over Plate Machines; Moulding Presses; Jig Moulding Machines and Allied Types * 
Special Moulding Machines; Core Moulding Machines; Pneumatic Rammers* 
Fettling Machines; Hoisting and Conveying Appliances. 


221 


GOLD AND SILVER 

BUSKETT, E. W. Fire Assaying. A practical treatise on the fire assay- 
ing of gold, silver and lead, including descriptions, of the appliances 
used. 70 ill., 534x7^, 112 pp. ^ $1.25 

CONTENTS: Sampling; Reagents and Fluxes; Assay of Acid Ores; Assay of 
Base Ores; Lead Assay; Bullion Assay; Methods of Handling Work; Laboratory 
T^ests. 

EISSLER, M. Metallurgy of Gold. A practical treatise on the metallurgical 
treatment of gold-bearing ores, including the processes of concentra¬ 
tion and chlorination, and the assaying, melting and refining of gold. 
Fifth Edition, Revised and Greatly Enlarged. Over 300 illustrations 
and numerous folding plates. 6}4 x y l / 2 , cloth. $9.00 

EISSLER, M. Metallurgy of Silver. A practical treatise on the amalgama¬ 
tion, roasting, and lixiviation of silver ores, including the assaying, 
melting, and refining of silver bullion. Fifth Edition. 150 ill., 5x 
7 ^> 376 pp. " $4.00 

EISSLER, M. Metallurgy of Argentiferous Lead. A practical treatise on 
the smelting of silver-lead ores and the refining of lead bullion, in¬ 
cluding reports on various smelting establishments and descriptions of 
modern smelting furnaces and plants in Europe and America. 183 ill., 
5 % *7/2, 416 pp, $6.25 


COPPER, LEAD, ETC . 


BENGOTJGH, J. D. Brass. (Metallurgy Series.) In Press 

FAIRIE, J. Notes on Lead Ores. Their distribution and properties. 4A x 
6 l / 2 , 64 pp. $0.50 

CONTENTS: Definitions; Properties; Occurrence: Galena; Cerussite; Minium; 
White and Red Leads; Pyromorphite; Mimetene; Wulfenite; Vanadinite; Plumbic 
Ochre ; Anglesite ; Caledonite ; Linarite ; Plumbo ; Resinite ; Cromfordite; Vanque- 
linite; Scheeletine; Dekenite; Bleinierite; Boulangerite; Jamsonite; Zinkenite; 
Bournonite; Nussierite; Miesite; Ores Containing Traces of Lead. 

JONES, J. H. The Tinplate Industry. With special reference to its relation 
with the Iron and Steel Industries. A study in economic organization. 
6 x 8 ^ 4 , 304 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Early History; Method of Production; The Period of Monopoly; 
Transition Period; Effects of American Tariffs; Modern Organisation; Organ¬ 
isation of Labor; The Present and Future; Appendices. 

LAMBERT, T. Lead, and Its Compounds. 40 ill., 5^4 x 8 ^ 4 , 226 pp $3.50 

CONTENTS: History; Distribution; Composition of Lead; Dressing of Lead 
Ores; Smelting of Lead Ores; Condensation of Lead Fume; Desilverization; Lead 
Pipes and Sheets; Litharge and Massicot; Lead Poisoning; Lead Substitutes; 
Zinc and Its Compounds; Pumice-Stone; Drying Oils and Siccatives; Classifica¬ 
tion by Color of Mineral Pigments; Analysis of Raw and Finished Products, 




222 


MISCELLANEOUS 


PARRY, L. Notes on Alloys. 5 ^x 7 ^, 60 pp. $3.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction; General Information About Metals and Alloys* Clas¬ 
sification and Tabulation of Alloys; Analysis of Alloys; The Systematic Treat¬ 
ment of Metalliferous Waste. 

PARRY, L. Systematic Treatment of Metalliferous Waste. x 8 !^, 121 
PP* “ ' $2.50 

CONTENTS: Sources of Supply; Kind of Waste; General Chemical and iftetal- 
lurgical Principles; Partial or Semi-Refining; Smelting Lead Ashes and Cleaning 
Im Slags; Smelting Tin Ashes and Solder Ashes; Smelting Antimonial Mate¬ 
rial, Reparation of Copper from Tin, Lead and Antimony; Copper Work* Mis¬ 
cellaneous; Metal Working and Refining. 

PARRY, L. Analysis of Ashes and Alloys. 5^>x8}4, 143 pp. $2.50 

CONTENTS: Determination of the Individual Elements; Analysis of Ashes, etc.; 
Summary of Miscellaneous Analyses; Miscellaneous Tables and Data. 

SEX cont’fnt?' p A!l0y , S (N ? n ;!, errons L 137 ilL > 514x8^4, 300 pp. $3.50 
CONTENTS . Properties of Alloys as Related to Those of Their Constituents; 
Phenomena of Solidification; What the Microscope Can Teach; Changes in the 
Structure of Alloys in the Solid Condition; Metals Used in the Preparation of 
Al£ y ! ’ wv/f B l aS ? e V • The B ronzes ; Machinery Brasses and Bronzes; White 
' Wh>te Ant.-Fnchon Alloys; Light Alloys; Fusible Alloys; Nickel Alloys; 
Alloys of the Precious Metals; Preparation of Alloys. 

GRINDING 

HAENIG, A. Emery and the Emery Industry. A technical Study of mod- 

ern abrasives and the development of the modern grinding-machine 
industry. Translated by C. Salter. 45 ill., 5 % x 7 ^ 114 pp . $2.50 

CONTENTS: Abrasive Materials. Natural Abrasive Materials. Emery 

Corundum. The Artificial Abrasives: Carborundum, Acheron’s Carborundum 
Furnace Equipment and Operation of Carborundum Works, Purification and Prop- 
Itifl of parborundum, Output of Carborundum. Atrificial Corundum. Crushed 
Steel. Electrite. Emery and Grinding Discs: The Preparation of Discs and 
Emery Wheels The Binding Medium. Hardness and Grain. Peripheral Velocity. 
Hardness of the Abrasive Material. The Manufacture of Emery Discs, etc. Varieties 
and Shapes of Emery Discs. Wheels and Cylinders. Experiments on the Stability" 
and Capacity of Emery Wheels. Points on the Use of Grinding Discs The Further 
Treatmentof Grinding Discs: Mounting the Discs. Guards. § Results of Bursting 
Tests. Dust Exhauster. Roughing and Trueing the Grinding Discs. Grinding 

i n %° d r Cl - 0 t A- P ™ nci P al Types of Grinding Machines. Tool-Grinding 
Machines. Knife-Grmdmg Machines. Saw-Sharpening Machines. Machines foi 
Grinding Flat Surfaces. Special Types of Grinding Machines. Circular Grinding 

UES? S^es Con^fJ“ W; *• tactical Grinding 


CORKWOOD 


STECHER, GILBERT E. 

x8 y 2 , 94 pp. 


Cork. 


Its Origin and Industrial 


Uses. Ill.; 

$1.00 


W^ T ) ENT g ’* § uer . cus Suber (Cork) ; Quercus Liber (Linnaeus) ; Cork- Origin 
Tree rv ° f Gr <? W - th . and Attc mpts to Transplant the Seed ; The 

th; T ] ? lseases v Stripping; Botany and Chemistry, Including Com- 
P ession Diagram; Uses and Application; Substitutes; Manufacture; Raw Stock, 




ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING 


223 

Sorting, Stopper Making, Cork Disc Making, Waste Utilization; Extent of the 
Manufacturing Industry. 

A concise, plain story of the corkwood stopper about which there seems to be 
no written information extant. In the discussion of the origin of cork the 
author details the territory in which corkwood grows and explains the various 
attempts that have been made to transplant the seed. The tree, its growth and 
diseases are explained, and the uses, application and substitutes for the cork¬ 
wood are taken up in detail. The methods of manufacture and the utilization 
of waste receive generous treatment. 

ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING 

(See also Draining.) 

MITCHELL, C. F. and G. A. Building Construction and Drawing. A text¬ 
book on the principles and details of modern construction. Elementary 
Course. Eighth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1100 ill., S T A x 7 l A’ 
482 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Instructions for Beginners. Brickwork. Masonry. Girders. Joints 
in Carpentry. Floors. Partitions. Wood, Composite, Iron and Steel Roofs. Join¬ 
ery. Plumbing. Slating and Tiling. Building Quantities and Memoranda. Exer¬ 
cises. Board of Education Syllabus. Examination Papers of the Board of Edu¬ 
cation. 

MITCHELL. C. F. and G. A. Building Construction. A textbook on the 
principles and details of modern construction for the use of students 
and practical men. Advanced Course. Seventh Edition, Thoroughly 
Revised and Much Enlargedl 800 ill., 5 J 4 x 7 J 4 , 949 pp. $ 3.00 
CONTENTS: Limes and Cements. Concrete. Asphalt. Plastering. Stones 

Bricks, Tiles. Terra-Cotta and Stoneware. Iron and Steel. Timber. Paints and 
Varnishes. Glass. Foundations. Brickwork. Flues. Fireplaces and Tall Chim¬ 
neys. Masonry. Carpentry. Half-Timbered Work. Pillars. Columns and Stanch¬ 
ions. Graphic Statics. Girders. Fire-Resisting Construction. Reinforced or Ferro- 
Concrete. Roofs and Roof Covering. Joinery. Stairs and Handrails. Sanita¬ 
tion. Water Supply. Hot Water Apparatus and Ventilation. Electric Bells and 
Lighting. Exercises. Appendix and Examination Tables. 

The previous editions of both of these works have enjoyed great popularity. 
These new editions are entirely revised, being brought up to date, to correspond 
with the requirements of the various British boards, institutes and commissions 
having supervision over building work. 

RENWICK, W. G. Marble and Marble Working. A handbook for archi¬ 
tects, sculptors, marble quarry owners and workers and all engaged 
in the building and decorative industries. 72 ill., 13 colored plates, 
6x9 y 2 , 250 pp. Reprinting 

CONTENTS: Introductory. The Chemistry of Marble. Its Geological For¬ 
mation. A Short Classification of Marbles. Antiquity of the Marble Industry. 
Ancient Quarries and Methods of Working. Modern Quarries and Quarrying 
Methods. Machinery Used in Quarrying. European and American Systems 
Compared. Marble as Building Material. Uses of Marble (other than for 
Building Purposes). Sources of Production: Italian, French and Belgian, 
Greek, United Kingdom and British Colonies, and other Marbles. Continental 
Marble Working. Marble Working Machinery. Marble Working in the United 
States. American Machinery Described and Compared. Marble Working: 
A British Industry. Marble Substitutes and Imitations. Practical Points for 
the Consideration of Architects. Hints on the Selection of Marble. List of 
Marbles in Ordinary Use, with Descriptive Notes and Instances of Their Appli¬ 
cation. 

ROBINSON, J. B. Architectural Composition. An attempt to order and 
phrase ideas which hitherto have been only felt by the instinctive taste 


224 


ARCHITECTURE—PAINTING 


of designers. Second Edition. 173 ill., 6 % x 8 j 4 , 233 pp. $250 

CONTENTS- The Standard of Taste; What is Architecture; Unity; Individu¬ 
ality • Similarity; Subordination; Analysis of Buildings; Primary and Secondary 
Masses; Details; Horizontal Division; Proportion; Contrast; Practical Applica¬ 
tions; Asymetrical Composition; Flexibility of Types; Comparison and Criticism. 

SOUSTER, ERNEST G. W. The Design of Factory and Industrial Buildings. 

With chapters on welfare work and industrial research departments. 
98 ill., 5 l /2 x8 / 2 , 166 pp. $ 4.00 

CONTENTS: General Conditions Relative to Factory and Industrial Buildings— 
The Changed Outlook Owing to the War—Speeding Up of Production and the 
Introduction of Welfare Work; Main Types of Industrial Buildings; The Site 
and the Placing of the Buildings and Its Adjuncts Upon It; The Construction 
of the Factory Building; Lighting; Ventilation and Heating; The Sanitation 
of the Factory; Temporary Buildings and Movable Fittings; Warehouse and 
Storage Buildings; Buildings for Industrial and Scientific Research; Welfare 
Work and Welfare Work Buildings; Fire Protection of Factory and Industrial 
Buildings; The Architectural Character of the Building and the Preparation of the 
Drawings; Representative Factory and Industrial Buildings. 

PAINTING AND PAPERHANGING 

BROWN. W. N. Workshop Wrinkles for Decorators, Painters, Paper- 
Hangers and Others. Second Edition. 5x7^, 14 2 PP- $ 1.00 

Useful hints, recipes and other information arranged alphabetically under 
Decorating, Painting, Paperhanging and Miscellaneous. 

BROWN, W. N. House Decorating and Painting. 88 ill., 5 X7/2, 150 PP- 

$ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Tools and Appliances; Colours and Their Harmony; Pigments and 
Media; Pigments and Media; Pigments and Media; Pigments and Media; Prep¬ 
aration of Work, etc.; Application of Ordinary Colour; Graining; Graining; 
Graining; Gilding; Writing and Lettering; Sign Painting; Internal Decoration. 

DESAINT, A. Three Hundred Shades and How to Mix Them. For decora¬ 
tors, painters and architects. 100 plates, 12x7. $9.00 

Each of the 100 Plates contains specimens of three artistic shades. These 
shades are all numbered, and their composition is fully given at the end of the 
book. Each Plate is interleaved with greaseproof paper. 

JENNINGS, ARTHUR S. Commercial Paints and Painting. A handbook 

for architects, engineers, property owners, painters and decorators, etc. 
SH x 8 } 4 , 236 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Object of Painting; Durability of Paint; Cost of Cheap and Supe¬ 
rior Paints Compared; Cost of Keeping Property Painted; Specifying Paints; 
The Materials Used ir. Painting; Conditions which Determine the Economic Value 
of the Paint; Simple Tests for Painters’ Materials; The Paint Most Suitable for 
Different Surfaces; How Paint and Varnish Should be Applied; Paint and Color 
Mixing; Tools and Plant; Defects in Painters’ Work; Specifications for Painters’ 
and Decorators’ Work; Painting by Mechanical Means. 

Answers the question: How may a thoroughly durable job of painting, in its 
many and varied applications, be done at a minimum cost consistent with 
good material and good workmanship? Explains the application of paints, 
varnishes, etc., at sufficient length to enable the engineer and architect to 
specify accurately. The principal materials that enter into commercial paint¬ 
ing are described in detail and the various surfaces, wood, iron, cement, etc., 
are separately dealt with, and suitable paints or protective materials carefully 
pointed out. The chapter on paint spraying and paint dipping is based on 
observations of the various processes in actual use in large manufacturing 
establishments. 



225 


INDUSTRIAL TRADES 

BATEY, JOHN. The Science of Works Management. 454 x 232 pp. 

'$ 2.00 " 

CONTENTS: Organization; Brass and Iron-Founding Department;. Brass and 
Iron Foundry Installation; Smith’s and Machine Shops; Fitting and Erecting 
Shops and Their Management; Importance of Stores in Organization; Why Or¬ 
ganising is a Science; Some Existing Business Systems; Direct vs. Indirect 
Charges; Underlying Principle in Organizing; The Making of an Organizer; 
Things That the Organizer Must Know; The Value of Knowledge; Starting a 
New Engineering Business; Some Plain Unvarnished Facts. 

GILBRETH, FRANK B. Primer of Scientific Management. With an in¬ 
troduction by Louis D. Brandeis. 5 x 8, 116 pp. $ 1.00 

CONTENTS: Definitions of Terms of Scientific Management. Scientific 
Management. Taylor System. Tim? Study. Motion Study. Task. Functional 
Foreman. Laws or Principles of Scientific Management. Time Study. Stand¬ 
ards. Instruction Cards. Functional Foreman. Rate of Compensation. Pre¬ 
vention of Soldiering. Application of the Laws.. Field of Application. Pos¬ 
sibility of Substitutes. Preparation for Introduction of Scientific Manage¬ 
ment. Place of Introduction. Method of and Time Necessary for Installing 
Scientific Management. Practicability, Purpose, Expense and Indicators of 
Scientific Management. Effect of Scientific Management on the Worker. 
Accidents. Brain. Chance for Square Deal. Chance for Work. Initiative. 
Leisure or Rest. “Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness.” Output. Promo¬ 
tion. Speed. Unions. Wages. Relation of Scientific Management to other 
Lines of Activity. Colleges. Continuation Schools. General Welfare of the 
Country. Industrial Peace. National Industrial Supremacy. Reclassifying of 
Trades. Vocational Guidance. Welfare Work. 

Contains in plain, simple language the answers to many hundreds of ques¬ 
tions that were asked the publishers, of the American Magazine by intelli¬ 
gent business men who had read the articles on “The Principles of Scien¬ 
tific Management,” by Frederick W. Taylor, .that were published in that 
magazine. All are pertinent questions that would naturally suggest them¬ 
selves to an3' - one studying scientific management, and each question is 
answered very fully in as much space as it requires. 

GILBRETH, FRANK B. Motion Study. A method for increasing the effi¬ 
ciency of the workman. With an introduction by Robert Thurston 
Kent. 44 ill., $y 2 x8, 139 pp'. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION— Description and General Outline of 

Motion Study. Necessity for Motion Study. Place of Motion^ Study in Scien¬ 
tific Management. Vast Field for Motion Study. Present Stage of Motion 
Study. The Variables. Variables of the Worker. Anatomy. Brawn. 
Contentment. Creed. Earning Power. Experience. Fatigue. Habits. 
Health. Mode of Living. Nutrition. Size. Skill. Temperament. Training. 
Variables of the Surroundings. Appliances. Clothes. Color. Entertain¬ 
ment. Heating. Lighting. Quality of Material. Rewards and Penalties. 

Size of Unit Moved. Special Fatigue-Eliminating Devices. Surroundings. 
Tools. Union Rules. Weight of Unit Moved.. Variables of the Motion. 
Acceleration. Automaticity. Combination with Other Motions. Cost. Direc¬ 
tion. Effectiveness. Foot-Pounds of Work Accomplished. Inertia and Mo¬ 
mentum Overcome. Length. Necessity. Path. . Play for Position. Speed. 
Past, Present and Future of Motion Study. Work Accomplished. Magni- 
tude’of Work to be Done. Value of Charts. Future Work in Standardizing 
the Trades. The First Steps. 

LANCHESTER, F. W. Industrial Engineering: Present Position and Post- 
War Outlook. 5x7^, 61 pp. $1.00 


INDUSTRIAL TRADES 


226 


A presidential address to the Junior Institution of Engineers, in which thft 
author points out the relation of the engineer to industries, calling attention 
to the needs of intensive work now and its especial needs after the war is 
over and reconstruction commences. 

McKILLOP, M., and McKILLOP, A. D. Efficiency Methods. 6 ill., 5x7, 

227 pp. $1.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Management: A Preliminary Discussion; Modifica¬ 
tions in Organization Due to the New Ideas; The Planning Department; The 
Costing Department; The Foremen; Standardization and Classification; Stand¬ 
ardization of Equipment—The Store-room, the Tool-room; Standardization of 
Methods—Time and Motion-Study, Fatigue-Study, the Stands 1 Task, the In¬ 
struction Card; Remuneration under Scientific Management; Scientific Manage¬ 
ment and Welfare Work; Scientific Management and Trades Unions; Scientific 
Management and Education; The Installation of Efficiency Methods. 

This handy volume is really a resume of all the important developments in 
scientific management. It brings together into one continuous, concise and 
authoritative discussion all of the essentials of the problem elucidated by 
the many experts in scientific management. Practically all the literature 
and the accomplishments of every worker are mentioned and discussed. 

PURCHASING AND STORING 

TWYFORD, H. B. Storing, Its Economic Aspects and Proper Methods. 

96 ill., 6x9, 215 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: General Considerations. Wealth in Storage; Commercial Storage; 
Purpose of Storing; Disadvantages of Storing; Balancing Storage Considera¬ 
tions; Relations Between Buying and Storing. Economic Questions Connected 
With Storing. Distinction Between Storing Material for Manufacturing and for 
Other Purposes; The Speculative Element in Storing; Storage Investments; 
Changes in Values During Storage Periods; Storage Costs; Storage Profits; 
Market Prices and Inventory Prices; Losses in Storage; New Importance of 
Storing; Indulging in Extremes; Scientific Storing is Safe and Sane; Time Ele¬ 
ment in Storing; Psychology in Storing; Obsolete Materials; What Do “Max¬ 
imum” and “Minimum” Mean ?; Fixing the Maximum and Minimum Limit; 
Purchasing Problems and the Storeroom; Pr* 4 uction Problems and the Store¬ 
room. Specifications, Definitions, and Standardisation. General Remarks ; Tech¬ 
nical Specifications; Correct Commercial Definitions; Illustrations of Definitions; 
What the Storeroom Can Do in Standardizing Definitions; Obtaining Proper 
Definitions and Method of Using Them. Location and Equipment of Storeroom. 
Location; Proportion; Equipment; Bins and Shelving; The Closed Type of Bins; 
Open Shelving; Racks; Utilizing All Available Space. Appliances For Use in 
the Storeroom. Movable Equipment; Counting Machines; Weighing Machines 
and Scales; Trucks; Gravity Conveyors; Mechanical Aids. Manual Operations. 
Dual Nature of Storeroom Work; General Considerations; Counting; Hand 
Counting; Counting by Weight and Estimate; Even-balance Counting; Counting 
with Proportional Scales; Automatic Counting Machines; Summary. Clerical 
Work — Inventories. Stores Record ;s Stores Ledger; Machine Bookkeeping; 
Physical Inventory; Perpetual Inventory; Summary; Correct Inventorying; 
Other Considerations; Values and Stores Inventories. The Stores Depart¬ 
ment. The Storekeeper; Sphere of Usefulness; Relations with Olher De¬ 
partments ; Catalogues and Information; Charts and Diagrams; Personnel 
of the Stores Department; Outline of Work Receiving Material. The 
Delivery Point; Tracing Shipments; Getting Delivery; Receiving Material at 
Destination. Inspecting and Placing Material in Storeroom. Inspection and 
Examination; Inspection Before Delivery; Inspection After Delivery; Receiving 
Material into Storeroom; Placing Material in Receptacles; Material Returned to 
Stores; Scrap Sent to the Storeroom; Storing Stationery; Storing Finished 
Product. Deliveries from Storeroom. General Considerations; Requisitions; 
Issuing Articles in Sets; Shop Orders as Requisitions; Shortages; Apparent 
Shortages; Issuing Supplies; Routine Clerical Work; Overlooking the Min¬ 
imum; Purchase Requisitions; Summary. 



PATENTS 


227 


TWYFORD, H. B. Purchasing. Its economical aspects and proper methods. 
112 ill., blank forms, 6 x 9 , 252 pp. $3.00 

CONTENTS: Purchasing. Principles of Purchasing; General Considerations; 
Functional Position of Purchasing Considered; Ethics of Buying; The Purchasing 
Agent; The Purchasing Department; Organization of Department; System of 
Procedure; Obtaining and Tabulating Proper Records; Work Connected With 
Requisition and Order; Invoices and Method of Handling; Operation of Stores. 


PATENTS 

BAFF, W. E. The Sale of Inventions. 5x7^, 230 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Value and Price of Patents; Gauging the Merits of an Invention; 
Types of Inventions (The Commercial Side) ; Cleaning the Talking Points of 
Inventions; How Patents Exclude—Practical Examples; Developing Inventions; 
Success in Inventing; The Demand for Inventions; The Market for Inventions; 
Patents as Property; Inventions and Inventors; Opportunities for Investment 
and Facts About Investors; The Presentation of the Inventor’s Proposition; 
Methods of Making Sales; Closing with Inventors; Raising Funds—The Right 
Way vs. the Wrong Way—What Plans to Adopt; Advertising for Capital Lead¬ 
ing Up to a Partnership or Corporation; Salesmanship and Business—General 
Considerations; Sizing Yourself Up as a Business Man; Elementary Contract 
Laws; Mistakes of Inventions; The Safety Valves of Marketing Inventions; 
Suggestions from the Author on Every Phase of Selling Inventions. 

EDELMAN, PHILIP E. Inventions and Patents. Ill., 5 ^x 8 ^ 4 , 300 pp. 

$ 1.50 

CONTENTS: Development of the Patent Office System; The Patent Office; 
Patent Attorneys; The Germs of Invention; The Field of Invention; Preliminary 
Steps to Secure a Patent; Patentability and Practicability; Application for and 
Prosecution of a Patent; Protecting an Invention; Points of Patent Procedure; 
Patent rights and How They Are Utilized; Disposing of Patent Rights; About 
Infringements; Points About Foreign Patents; Thoughts on Inventions and 
Inventors; The Present Status of Inventions; Memoranda; Appendix. 

A broad general exposition, in simple terms, of the procedure in the patent 
office and of the possibilities in patented inventions. Contains much informa¬ 
tion valuable to inventors, investors and manufacturers. 

FAIR WEATHER, W. C. Foreign and Colonial Patent Laws. 5^x85^, 
291 pp. $ 3.00 

CONTENTS: British Colonies, Protectorates, Dependencies. Europe: Chan¬ 
nel Islands. Gibraltar. Malta. Asia: Bahrain. British North Borneo. Brunei. 
Ceylon. Cyprus. Hong Kong. Hyderabad (Deccan). India. Joliore. Kedah. 
Kalantan. Marwar (Jodhpur). Mysore. Negri Sembilan. Pahang. Sarawak. 
Selangor. Straits Settlements. Tippera. Weihaiwei. British Americx\. Ba¬ 
hamas. Barbados. Bermudas. British Guiana. British Honduras; Canada. 
Falkland Islands. Grenada. Jamaica. Leeward Islands. Newfoundland. St. 
Lucia. St. Vincent. Trinidad and Tobago. Africa: Basutoland. Beehuanaland 
Protectorate. Cape Colony. East Africa Protectorate. Egypt. Gambia. Gold 
Coast Colony. Mauritius. Natal. Nigeria (Northern). Nigeria (Southern). 
Nyasaland Protectorate. Orange River Colony. Rhodesia (Northeastern). Rho¬ 
desia (Northwestern). St. Helena. Seychelles. Sierra Leone. Somaliland. 
Sudan. Swaziland. Transvaal. Uganda. Zanzibar. Australasia : Australia. 
Fiji. New Zealand. Papua. Western Pacific. United States of America. 
Panama Canal Zone. Philippine Islands. Porto Rico. Other Countries : Abys¬ 
sinia. Afghanistan. Argentine Republic. Austria. Belgium. Bhutan. Bolivia. 
Brazil. Bulgaria. Chile. China. Colombia. Congo (Belgium). Costa Rica. 
Crete. Cuba. Denmark. Danish West Indies. Iceland. Ecuador. Finland. 
France. Germany. Greece. Guatemala. Hayti, Honduras. Hungary. Italy. 



228 


PA TENTS—ENGRA VING 


Japan. Korea.- Liberia. Luxemburg. Mexico. Monaco. Montenegi a Nepal. 
Netherlands. Nicaragua. Norway. Oman. Panama. Paraguay. Persia. Peru. 
Portugal. Portuguese Colonies. Romania. Russia. Salvador. Santo Domingo. 
Servia. Siam. Spain. Sweden. Switzerland.' Tunis. Turkey. Uruguay 
Venezuela. 

HOPKINS, NEVIL M. The Outlook For Research and Invention. With an 

appendix of problems awaiting solution. 111., 5 / 4 * x 8, 256 pp. $2.00 
CONTENTS: The Spirit of Research; Men of Research and Their Develop¬ 
ment; Some Indifference of the Past; American War Research; The Education for 
Research; Some Borderline Limits; Research in the Factory; The Making and 
Protecting of Inventions; Appendix; List of Practical Problems Awaiting 
Solution. 

Inspiring, suggestive, and full of practical working directions. An appendix is 
given with many practical suggestions for work; many of the leading needs 
of today are set forth by eminent authorities. 

NEILSON, ROBERT M. Aeroplane Patents. 77 ill., 5 A 101 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Advice to Inventors; Review of British Patents; British Patents 
and Applications for Patents; British Patents and Applications for Patents from 
i860 to 1910, Arranged in Order of Application; British Patentees, Arranged 
Alphabetically; United States Patents from 1896 to 1909, Arranged in Order of 
Issue; United States Patentees, Arranged Alphabetically. 

SWAN, K. R. The Law and Commercial Usage of Patents, Designs and 
Trade Marks. (Westminster Series.) 6 x 8 > 4 , 402 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Table of Cases Cited; Essentials of Patentable Invention; Novelty; 
Subject Matter and Utility; Specification; Who May Apply for a Patent; How to 
Obtain One; Opposition; Legal and Commercial Value of Patent Rights; Amend¬ 
ments; Infringement; Threats; Negotiation of Patents by Sale of License; Revo¬ 
cation of Patents; Patent Laws, of the U. S., Germany, France; Table of Costs, 
Forms and Fees; Regjstrable Designs; Registration; Marking; Meaning of Trade 
Mark; Qualifications for Registration; Restrictions on; Miscellaneous Indices. 

THOMPSON, W. P. Handbook of Patent Law of All Countries. Special 

Edition , Completelyy Revised, 4 %x6y 2) PP* $ 1.50 

ENGRAVING, PRINTING, LITHOGRAPHY 

KIRKBRIDE, J. Engraving for Illustration. Historical and practical notes. 
6 ill., 2 plates, 5 x 7J4, 80 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Its Inception; Wood Engraving; Metal Engraving; Engraving in 
England; Etching; Mezzotint; The Engraver’s Task; Photo “Process” Engraving; 
Appreciative Criticism. 

RHODES, HENRY J. The Art of Lithography. A complete practical manual 

of planographic printing. 120 ill., 5^4 x 8^4, 344 pp. $5.00 

CONTENTS: Basis of Lithography; Lithographic Stones; Aluminum and Zinc 
Plates; Chemicals and Other Materials Used in Lithography; Drawing, Proving 
and Hand Press Work; Transfer Papers and Inks; Transfers and Transfering; 
Reducing and Enlarging by Machine Process; Transposing and Reversing; Paper; 
Theory of Color; Printing Inks; Lithographic Printing Machines; Machine and 
Hand Press Rollers; Rotary and Offset Machines; Examples of Printing Ma¬ 
chines; Machine Management; Machine Printing from Stone; Printing Chromo 
or Color Work; Machine .Printing from Metal Plates; Special Finishing and 
Other Processes; Direct Photo-Lithography in Line and Half-Tone; Litho-Print¬ 
ing on Fabrics and Tinplate; Collotype Printing; Copperplate or Intaglio Print¬ 
ing; Estimating and Costing; Training of Apprentices; Glossary. 



229 


BOOKBINDING 

ADAM, P. Practical Bookbinding. Translated from the German by Thos. 
E. Maw. 127 ill., $y 2 x?y 2 , 191 pp. ' $2.50 

CONTENTS : Metric and British Systems Compared; Introductory Remarks on 
Working Methods and Materials; Forwarding; General Preparatory Work; Sew¬ 
ing; Cutting, Rounding and Backing; Decoration of Edges and Headbanding; 
boarding; Finishing; The Book Cover; Making the Cover; Work with the Block- 
mg Press; Treatment of Sewn Books, Fastening in Covers and Finishing Off; 
bland bimshing; Account Books; School Books, Mounting Maps, Drawing, etc. 

WATCH MAKING AND IEWELRY 

G 00 DCHILD, W. Precious Stones. With a chapter on Artificial Stones 
by R. Dykes. 42 ill., 6 x 8 j 4 , 3 X 9 PP- (Van Nostrand’s Westminster 
Series.) $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Modes of Origin; Physical Properties of Gem Stones; 
Cutting of Gems; Imitation Gems and the Artificial Production of Precious Stones; 
Diamond; Fluor Spar; Opal; Corundum; Spinel and Chrysoberyl; Calcite; Labra- 
dorite; Beryl; Garnet; Olivine; Sphene; Apatite; Jet; Glossary. 

JQCKLN, WILLIAM. Arithmetic of the Gold and Silversmith. Prepared 
for the use of jewelers, founders, merchants, etc., especially for those 
engaged in the conversion and alloying of gold or other metals, the 
mixing of various substances, etc. With numerous examples. 5 x 7 / 4 , 
cloth, 62 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: Definitions; Fineness of Gold; Simple Proportions; Percentage; 
Problems of Conversion and Alloying; Examples of the 1000 Part Scale; Melting 
Points of Metals; European Laws Relating to the Fineness of Gold and Silver; 
Examples and Exercises. 

RATHBONE, R. L. B. Simple Jewelry. A practical handbook dealing with 
certain elementary methods of design and construction. Written for 
the use of craftsmen, designers, students and teachers. 94 ill., 534 x 
Sy 2> 294 pp. $ 2.50 

CONTENTS: Introductory. The Educational Point of View. Scope of 

Exercises and Methods of Study. Pictorial and Sculpturesque Jewelry. 
Craftsmanship the Essential Thing. More Examples of Craftsmen’s Designs. 
Pleasant Jewelry, Its Charm and Its Failings. Various Methods of Desigring 
Jewelry. Designs Inspired by Natural Forms. The Easiest Way for Beginners. 
First Steps Toward Designing by Arrangement. Examples of the Uses of 
Grains. Ornaments Composed of Circular Forms. From Theory to Practice. 
Uses and Action of the Blowpipe. Wire Drawing and Annealing. Coiling 
Wire for Making Rings and Grains. The Processes of Soldering and Pickling. 
More Details about Soldering. Constructive Functions of Grain Clusters. 
Devices for Making Clusters of Grains. Making and Using Discs and Domes. 
More Details about Making Wire Rings. On the Drawing of Flat Wire. How 
to Discover Units of Design. The Methods of Curling Wire into Scrolls. An 
Alphabet for Jewelers. Recording Ideas for Future Use. An Inexhaustible 
Source of Design-Motifs. The Evolution of Design from Units. Of Designing 
Apart from Drawing. Of Various Kinds of Chain. Some Uses of Twists and 
Plaits. More About the Uses and Formation of Twists. Samples of Various 
Twists and Plaits. Some Practical Considerations. Of Certain Other Orna¬ 
mental Processes. The Setting and Use of Precious Stones. The Question 
of Local Industries. Mechanical Aids to Artistic Production. Appendix: 
List of the Most Necessary Tools for Beginners, On Gauges, Comparative 
Tables. Weights, Measures and Standards, 




JEWELRY—POTTERY 


230 

ROSE, T. KIRKE. The Precious Metals. Comprising gold, silver and plat¬ 
inum. 46 ill., 6x8y, 311 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) 

$ 2.50 

CONTENTS: History of Gold. Properties of Gold. Compounds of Gold. 
Alloys of Gold. Occurrence of Gold in Nature. Gold Ores. Extraction of 
Gold from Its Ores. Gold Washing. Treatment of Gold Ores by Crushing and 
Amalgamation. Treatment of Gold Ores by Wet Methods. Silver and Its 
Alloys, Compounds and Ores of Silver. The Extraction of Silver from Its Ores. 
Refining Gold and Silver. The Assay of Gold and Silver Ores. The Assay of 
Gold and Silver Bullion. Minting. Manufacture of Gold and Silver Wares. 
Platinum. Production and Consumption of the Precious Metals. 


POTTERY 

LINNS, CHARLES F. The Potter s Craft. A practical guide for the studio 

and workshop. 42 ill. and plates, 5 x jy 2 , 171 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: The Present Need. Art versus Beauty. What Constitutes Art? 
Pottery. Porcelain. The Preparation of the Clay. Mold Making and Plaster. 
Cases and Working Molds. Building by Hand. The Potter’s Wheel. Turn¬ 
ing. Making Large Pieces. Cups, Saucers and Plates. Casting. Tiles. Glazes 
and Glazing. Glaze Composition, Matt Glazes, Fritted Glazes. Recipes. Defects 
of Glazes. Decoration. The Fire. High Temperature Wares. Clay Work¬ 
ing for Children. 

Sets forth in the simplest and most explicit way a method of making and 
finishing pottery which may be followed by the most inexperienced individ¬ 
ual workers, not in an empirical way but upon a sound, scientific basis, so that 
with the knowledge imparted the student has at his disposal the whole 
range of ceramic science. 

HAINBACH, R. Pottery Decora ing. A description of all the processes 
for decorating pottery and porcelain. Trans, by C. Salter. 22 ill., 
6 y 2 x9>^, 250 pp. $ 3.50 

CONTENTS: Glazes and Engobes; Glaze Materials; Preparation of Glazes; 
Colored Glazes; Engobes and Glazes for Same; Porcelain Glazes; Ceramic 
Colors; Underglaze Colors; Applying the Colors on Earthenware; Glost Fire 
Colors; Muffle Colors; Decorating Porcelain with Metals; Decorating Porce¬ 
lain by Electroplating; Lustre Decorations on Porcelain; Firing Muffle Col¬ 
ors; The Imitation of Paintings on Porcelains. 

HO WORTH, J. The Art of Repairing and Riveting Glass, China and Earthen¬ 
ware. Third Edition. Ill., 6x9, 23 pp. $ 0.50 

A set of simple and clearly put instructions with hints on “tricks of the 
trade.” 

LEFEVRE, L. Architectural Pottery. Bricks, tiles, pipes, enameled terra¬ 
cottas, ordinary and incrusted quarries, stoneware, mosaics, faiences 
and architectural stoneware. With a preface by M. J.-C. Formige. 
Translated from the French by K. H. Bird, M.A., and W. Moore 
Binns. 950 ill., 5 plates, 6 y 2 x 10. $ 7.00 

CONTENTS: Clays; Preparation; Bricks; Tiles; Pipes; Quarries; Terra 
Cottas; General Remarks on the Decoration of Pottery; Glazed and Enam¬ 
elled Bricks and Tiles; Decorated Quarries; Architectural Decorated Pottery; 
Sanitary Pottery. 



231 


ENAMELLING 

BROWN, W. N. Handbook on Japanning for Ironware, Tinware, Wood, etc. 

Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 13 ill., 5x7*4, 76 pp. $ 2.00 

CONTENTS: Introduction; Japan Grounds; Japanning or Enamelling Metals; 
The Enamelling and Japanning Store; Pigments Suitable for Japanning with 
Natpral Lacquer; Modern Methods of Japanning with Natural Japanese Lac¬ 
quer; Colors for Polished Brass; Processes for Tin-plating; Galvanizing. 

BROWN, W. N. The Art of Enamelling on Metal. Second Edition, Re¬ 
vised. 28 ill, 5 x 714, 60 pp. $2.00 

CONTENTS: Verifiable Pigments; History; Cloisonne and Champs Leve En¬ 
amels ; Painted Enamels; Preparing the Plate; Composition and Preparation of 
Enamels; Designs for Cloisonne and Painted Enamels. 

BROWN, W. N. The Principles and Practice of Dipping, Burnishing, Lac¬ 
quering and Bronzing Brassware. Second Edition, Revised and En¬ 
larged. 5x714, 50 pp. $ 1.50 

RANDATJ, P. Enamels and Enamelling. An introduction to the preparation 
and application of all kinds of enamels for technical and artistic pur¬ 
poses. Translated by Charles Salter. Ill., 5%x 8 j 4 , 196 pp. $ 5.00 
CONTENTS: Composition and Properties of Glass; Raw Materials Used in 
Enamel Manufacture; Substances for Producing Opacity; Fluxes; Pigments; 
Decolorizing Agents; Testing the Raw Materials and Enamel Mass; Subsid¬ 
iary Materials; Preparing Materials for Enamel Making; Mixing the Mate¬ 
rials; The Preparation of Various Technical Enamels. 

MANUAL TRAINING 

— — nun 

See also “Pottery,” “Jewelry.” 

MILR 0 Y, M. E. W. Home Lace-making. A handbook for teachers and 
pupils. Ill., 5 x 7%, 59 pp. $ 1.00 

CONTENTS: Hints to Teachers, Materials; How to Start the Work; Method 
of Instruction; Six Patterns, with Full and Detailed Instructions for Working 
Them. 

RHEAD, GEORGE F. Simple Structural Woodwork. A series of practical 
examples in woodworking for schools and the home. 180 ill., 5 x j l / 2 , 
ll 9 PP* $ 1.25 

CONTENTS: Drawing and Orthographic Projection. Timber. Its Structure 
and Seasoning. Woods Used in Joinery. The Tools. Marking and Testing 
Implements. Saws. Paring, Boring and Striking Tools. Nails, Screws and 
Finishing Tools. The Workshop and Its Fittings. Use of the Tools. Joints 
Used in Woodwork. 

The exercises are arranged progressively, each new tool, woodwork, joint, 
or workshop manipulation is introduced in the form of a useful exercise 
that emphasizes its use, and is accompanied by brief but clear instructions, 
with working drawings set forth in a clear and practical manner, 

BAKING AND CONFECTIONERY 

BRAUN, EMIL. Economy and System in the Bakery. A handy manual of 
up-to-date money saving suggestions and form-sheets for small and 
large bakeries. Ill., 5% x8, 150 pp. $1.10 





232 


BAKING—INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE 


CONTENTS: Elements, Compounds, Acids, Chemical Terms; Yeast, Ferments, 
Yeast Foods, Bread Diseases; Flour, Gluten, Chemical and Practical Tests; 
Dough Making, Proper Temperature, Bread Formulas and Standards; Heat, 
Combustion, Fuel, Ovens; Modern Bread Making, Machinery and Equipment; 
System and Economy Suggestions. 

WELLS, ROBERT. Ornamental Confectionery. A guide for bakers, confec¬ 
tioners and pastry cooks, including a variety of modern recipes and re¬ 
marks on decorative and colored work. Second Edition. 37 plates 
containing 129 ill., 5x7^, 95 pp. $3.00 

WELLS, ROBERT. The Modern Flour Confectioner, Wholesale and Retail. 

Containing a large collection of recipes for cheap cakes, biscuits, etc., 
with remarks on the ingredients used in their manufacture. Third 
Edition. 5 x 7 l / 2 , paper, 113 pp, $0.50 

FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY ENGINEERING 

COWEE, GEORGE A. Practical Safety Methods and Devices. Manufactur¬ 
ing and Engineering. 127 ill., 6^2x9^, 444 pp. $4.00 

CONTENTS: Organization of Safety; Committees; General Observations; Build¬ 
ings and Fire Hazard; Exit Fire Drills; Organization of Fire Brigades; Boilers; 
Engines; Elevators; Electricity; Transmission; Machine Tools; Grinding Ma¬ 
chinery; Woodworking Machinery; Common Machines; Iron and Steel; Handling 
and Storing Material; Construction Work; Steam and Electric Railroads; Mining 
and Quarrying; Explosives; Miscellaneous; Rules for Foremen and General 
Rules; Sanitation, Illustration; Heating and Ventilating; Welfare Work; Occu¬ 
pation Diseases; First Aid to the Injured. 

Intended to provide for employers, superintendents, foremen, underwriters, 
safety inspectors and engineers generally, a convenient summary of standard 
safety methods and devices as developed and perfected by those who have 
specialized in this subject. Tried and proven methods and devices are de¬ 
scribed and illustrated reflecting the experience, methods and ideas of prac¬ 
tical men—manufacturers, operators, contractors and engineers in varied fields 
of industrial activity. This book is the result of careful observations made in 
hundreds of mills and manufacturing establishments, in building and con¬ 
struction work, railroad operation, handling explosives and mining. 

CROSBY, E. TL, FISKE, H. A., and FORSTER, H. W. Handbook of Fire 

Protection. Sixth Edition, Revised and Brought Up-to-date. 150 ill., 
5 x 7,'flexible fabrikoid, 757 pp. $4.00 

CONTENTS: General. Fundamental Principles of Fire Protection; Fire Pro¬ 
tection and Engineering Science; Relation of Accident Prevention to Fire Pre¬ 
vention; National Fire Protection Association; National Board of Fire Under¬ 
writers; Underwriters’Laboratories. Causes of Fire. Common Fire Causes - Dan¬ 
gerous Substances Found in Manufacturing Plants; Topical List of Fire Causes 
Spread of Fire. Retarding the Spread of Fire; Fire Resistive Construction; 
Slow Burning Construction; Structural Improvements for Existing Buildings’ 
Roofs and Roof Coverings; Protection of Wall Openings; Building Codes! 
Construction For Special Occupancies. Department Stores; Dwellings; Garages* 
Hotels; Office Buildings; Schools; Theatres. Extinguishment of Fires Public 
Fire Departments; Water Supply For Private Protection; Outside Private Pro¬ 
tection; Interior Fire Extinguishing Apparatus; Automatic Sprinkler Protection- 
Rules and Requirements for Automatic Sprinkler Systems; Alarm Valve For 
Automatic Sprinkler Systems; Dry Pipe Valves for Automatic Sprinkler Sys¬ 
tems ; Sypho Chemical Sprinkler System and Service; Open Sprinklers; Signaling 
Systems and Watchman Service. Miscellaneous. Egress Facilities and Drills * 
Self-Inspection; Protection of Records and Valuables; Conflagration Hazard and 



BOOKS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, 


233 

Protection; Standard Plan Notations; Publication on Fire Protection. Tables. 
The Tables and How to Use Them. 

PARRY, L. A. The Risks and Dangers of Various Occupations and Their 
Prevention. 5 200 pp. $3.50 

CONTENTS: Occupations Accompanied by the Generation and Scattering of 
Abnormal Quantities of .Dust; Trades in Which There is Danger of Metallic 
Poisoning; Certain Chemical Trades; Some Miscellaneous Occupations; Trades 
in Which Various Poisonous Vapors Are Inhaled; General Hygienic Considera¬ 
tions. 


BOOKS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 

DAVENPORT, CYRIL. The Book: Its History and Development. 124 ill., 
plates, 6x8j4, 264 pp. (Van Nostrand’s Westminster Series.) $2.00 

CONTENTS: Early Records; Rolls; Books; Book Bindings; Paper; Printing; 
Illustrations; Miscellanea; Leathers; Ornamentation of Leather Bindings 
without Gold; Ornamentation of Leather Bindings with Gold. 

PEDDIE, R. A. Engineering and Metallurgical Books, 1907-1911. A full 
title catalog, arranged under subject headings, of all British and Amer¬ 
ican books on engineering, metallurgy and allied topics published 
during the five years, 1907-1911, with their English and American 
prices and publishers’ names. 5% x 7 y 2i 216 pp, " $1.50 

MISCELLANEOUS 

BROWN, W. N. History of Decorative Art. 39 ill., 5x7^, 96 pp. $0.50 

CONTENTS: Primitive and Prehistoric; Egyptian; Assyrian; The Art of Asia 
Minor; Etruscan; Greek; Roman; Byzantine; Lombard or Romanesque; 
Gothic; Renaissance; The Victorian Period. 


CHATLEY, HERBERT. Practical Gyrostatic Balancing. Ill., 5x7, 72 pp. 

$1.25 

CONTENTS: The Gyrostatic Paradox; Construction of Gyrostats; Mechanical 
Principles; Gyrostatic Control; Relays; Gyrostatic Control of Vehicles; Gyro¬ 
static Control of Ships; Constrained Stability of Flying Machines; Gyrostatic 
Action of Rotary Engines. 


M0NTEVERBE, R. D. Pocket Glossary of English-Spanish, Spanish-English 
Technical Terms, Suitable for the Engineering, Manufacturing, and 
Mining Industries. 2^x2, leather, 313 pp. $1.00 


NEWELL, F. H., and DRAYER, C. E. (Editors). Engineering as a Career. 

A series of papers by eminent engineers. s J A x 7^, 226 pp. $1.00 

CONTENTS: The Engineer and His Profession, A. J. Himes; Shall My Boy 
Become an Engineer?, Franklin DeR. Furman; Mechanical Engineering, Wor¬ 
cester R. Warner; Railway Engineering, A. W. Johnston; Hydraulic Engineer¬ 
ing, Chester W. Larner; Metallurgical Engineering, J. H. Herron; Electrical 
W H. Abbott; Chemical Engineering, M. C. Whitaker; Iron and 
Steel Making S T. Wellman; Marine Engineering, J. C. Workman; Sanitary 
Engineering, R Winthrop Pratt; Municipal Enginering, Robert Hoffman; Muni¬ 
cipal Needs, Rudolph Blankenhm-o • u r idge Engineering, Frank C. Osborn* 




MISCELLANEOUS 


'234 


Architecture, Benjamin S. Hubbell; Mining, F. B. Richards; Opportunities for a 
Mining Engineer, Henry S. Munroe; The Lure of Private Practice, Ernest 
McCullough; Vocational Guidance, James F. Barker; Scientific Manufacturing 
and Its Opportunities, Waldemar Kaempffert; Incomes of Technically Trained 
Men, David Edgar Rice; Technical Man in Business, John Ritchie, Jr. 

A series of twenty-four papers by prominent engineers and men in public 
life, setting forth, very interestingly, the work of the engineer and the re¬ 
quirements for success in that field of employment. The book should appeal 
both to the young man seeking a career and his parents and teachers to whom 
he would naturally look for advice. 

PHIN, J. Seven Follies of Science. A popular account of the most famous 
scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to 
solve them. Third Edition, Greatly Enlarged. 34 ill., SH x 8 , 240 pp. 

$ 1.25 

CONTENTS: Squaring the Circle; Duplication of the Cube; Trisection of an 
Angle; Perpetual Motion; Transmutation of Metals; Universal (Alchemy) Fixa¬ 
tion of Mercury; Universal Medicine and the Elixir of Life; Additional Follies; 
Paradoxes; Illusions; Marvels; Curious Arithmetical Problems; Numerous Pop¬ 
ular Fallacies and Common Errors, 







*vW-30 CStew ■rt&TJtMto****'** 


235 

The Van Nostrand Science Series 


Now numbering one hundred and twenty-seven titles, aims to give in each 
a concise but thoroughly scientific treatment of some branch of engi¬ 
neering. These books are intended to be dependable pocket treatises 
and cover a very wide range of topics. Illustrations are freely given 
when the subject matter demands it. Uniform price. $0.75 


1. Chimneys for Furnaces and Steam Boilers. 
By R. ARMSTRONG, C. E. Third American 
edition. Revised and partly rewritten, with 
an Appendix on “Theory of Chimney 
Draught,” by F. E. Idell, M'.E. 

2. Steam-Boiler Explosions. By ZERAH 
COLBURN. New edition, revised by Prof. 

R. H. Thurston. 

3. Practical Designing of Retaining Walls, 
with Appendices on Stresses in Masonry 
Dams. By PROF. W. CAIN. Seventh edition, 
thoroughly revised. 

4. Proportions of Pins Used in Bridges. By 
CHARLES E. BENDER, C.E. Second edi¬ 
tion, with Appendix. 

5. Ventilation of Buildings. By WM. G. 
SNOW, S.B., and THOMAS NOLAN, A.M. 

Second edition. 

6 . The Designing and Construction of Stor¬ 
age Reservoirs. By ARTHUR JACOB, B.A. 
Third American edition, revised, with addi¬ 
tions by E. Sherman Gould. 

7. fSurcharged and Different Forms of Re¬ 
taining Walls. By JAMES S. TATE, C.E. 

8 . {A Treatise on the Compound Steam-En¬ 
gine. By JOHN TURNBULL, Jr. Second 
edition, revised by Prof. S. W. Robinson. 

9. A Treatise on Fuel. By ARTHUR V. 
ABBOTT, C.E. Founded on the original 
treatise of C. William Siemens, D.C.L. Third 
edition. 

10. {Compound Engines. Translated from the 
French of A. Mallet. Second edition, revised 
with results of American Practice, by Richard 
H. Buel, C.E. 

11. tTheory of Arches. By PROF. W. ALLAN. 

12. Theory of Voussoir Arches. By PROF. 
WM. CAIN. Fourth edition, revised and en¬ 
larged. 

13. Gases Met with in Coal Mines. By J. J. 
ATKINSON. Third edition, revised and en¬ 
larged, to which is added The Action of Coal 
Dusts, by Edward H. Williams, Jr. 

14. Friction of Air in Mines. By J. J. 
ATKINSON. Second American edition. 

16. Skew Arches. By. PROF. E. W. HYDE, 
C.E. Illustrated. Second edition. 

16. Graphic Method for Solving Certain Ques¬ 
tions in Arithmetic or Algebra. By. PROF. 

G. L. VOSE. Third edition. 

17. -{Water and Water-Supply. By PROF. W. 

H. CORFIELD, of the University College, 
London. Second American edition. 

18. Sewerage and Sewage Purification. By 
M. N. BAKER, Associate Editor Engineering 
News. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. 

19. -{Strength of Beams Under Transverse 
Loads. By. PROF. W. ALLAN, author of 
“Theory of Arches.” Second edition, revised. 

tOut of 


20. {Bridge and Tunnel Centres. By JOHN. 

B. McMASTER, C.E. Second edition. 

21. Safety Valves. By RICHARD H. BUEL, 

C. E. Third edition. 

22. High Masonry Dams. By E. SHERMAN 
GOULD, M. Am. Soc. C. E. Second edition 

23. The Fatigue of Metals Under Repeated 
Strains. With various Tables of Results and. 
Experiments. From the German of Prof. Lud¬ 
wig Spangenburg, with a Preface by S. H. 
Shreve, A.M. 

24. A Practical Treatise on the Teeth of 
Wheels. By PROF. S. W. ROBINSON. 
Third edition, revised, with additions. 

25. {Theory and Calculation of Cantilever 
Bridges. By R. M. WILCOX. 

26. Practical Treatise on the Properties of 
Continuous Bridges. By CHARLES BEN¬ 
DER, C.E. 

27. Boiler Incrustation and Corrosion. By 
F. J. ROWAN. New edition. Revised and 
partly rewritten by F. E. Idell. 

28. {Transmission of Power by Wire Ropes 
By ALBERT W. STAHL, U. S. N. Fourth 
edition, revised. 

29. Steam Injectors; Their Theory and Use. 

Translated from the French by M. Leon 
Pochet. 

30. Magnetism of Iron Vessels and Terres- 
trial Magnetism. By PROF. FAIRMAN 
ROGERS. 

31. The Sanitary Condition of City and Coun¬ 
try Dwelling houses. By GEORGE E. WAR- 
ING, Jr, Third edition, revised. 

32. Cable-Making for Suspension Bridges. By 
W. HILDENBRAND, C.E. 

33. Mechanics of Ventilation. By GEORGE 
W. RAFTER, C.E, Second edition, revised. 

34. Foundations. By PROF. JULES GAU- 
DARD, C.E. Translated from the French. 
Second edition. 

35. The Aneroid Barometer; Its Construction 
and Use. Compiled by GEORGE W. 

PLYMPTON. Eleventh edition, revised and 
enlarged. 

36. {Matter and Motion. By J. CLERK 
MAXWELL, M.A. Second American edition. 

37. {Geographical Surveying; Its Uses, Meth¬ 
ods. and Results. By FRANK DE YEAUX 
CARPENTER, C.E. 

38. Maximum Stresses in Framed Bridges. 
By PROF. WILLIAM CAIN, A.M., C.E. 
New and revised edition. 

39. A Handbook of the Electro-Magnetic Tel¬ 
egraph. By A. E. LORING. Fourth edition, 
revised. 

49. {Transmission of Power by Compressed 
Air. By ROBERT ZAHNER, M.E. 

41. Strength of Materials. By WILLIAM 
KENT, C.E,, formerly Assoc. Editor Engi¬ 
neering News. Second edition. 

print, 


THE VAN NOSTRAND SCIENCE SERIES 


236 


42. Theory oJ Steel-Concrete Arches, and of 
Vaulted Structures. By PROF. WM, CAIN. 

Fifth edition, thoroughly revised. 

43. Wave and Vortex Motion. By DR. 
THOMAS CRAIG, of Johns Hopkins Univer¬ 
sity. 

44. Turbine Wheels. By PROF. W. P. 
TROWBRIDGE, Columbia College. Second 
edition, revised. 

46. Thermodynamics. By PROF. C. F. 
HIRSHFELD. Second edition, revised and 
corrected. 

46. Ice-Making Machines. From the French 
of M. Le Doux. Revised by Prof. J. E. Den¬ 
ton, D. S. Jacobus, and A. Riesenberger. 
Sixth edition, revised. 

47. Linkages: The Different Forms and Uses 
of Articulated Links. By J. D. C. DE 
ROOS. 

48. Theory of Solid and Braced Elastic 
Arches. By WILLIAM CAIN, C.E. Second 
edition, revised and enlarged. 

49. Motion of a Solid in a Fluid. By 
THOMAS CRAIG, Ph.D. 

50. fDwelling-Houses; Their Sanitary Con¬ 
struction and Arrangements. By PROF. W. 
H. CORFIELD. 

61. The Telescope: Optical Principles In¬ 
volved in the Construction of Refracting 
and Reflecting Telescopes. By THOMAS 

NOLAN. With a new chapter on the Evolu¬ 
tion of the Modern Telescope, and a Bibliog¬ 
raphy to date. With diagrams and folding 
plates. Third edition, revised and enlarged. 

62. Imaginary Quantities; Their Geometrical 
Interpretation. Translated from the French 
of M. Argand by Prof. A. S. Hardy. 

53. Induction Coils; How Made and How 
Used. Eleventh American edition. 

64. Kinematics of Machinery. By PROF. 
ALEX. B. W. KENNEDY. With an Intro¬ 
duction by Prof. R. H. Thurston. 

65. Sewer Gases; Their Nature and Origin. 
By A. DE VARONA. Second edition, revised 
and enlarged. 

66. fThe Actual Lateral Pressure of Earth¬ 
work. By BENJ, BAKER, M. Inst., C.E. 

67. Incandescent Electric Lighting. By 

L. H. LATIMER. A practical description 
of the Edison System. To which is added 
the Design and Operation of the Incandescent 
Stations, by C. J. Field; and the Maximum 
Efficiency of Incandescent Lamps, by John W. 
Howell. 

68. Ventilation of Coal Mines. By W. FAIR- 
LEY, M.E., and GEO. T. ANDRE. 

59. JHailroad Economics; or, Notes with Com¬ 
ments. By S. W. ROBINSON, C.E. 

60. Strength of Wrought-Iron Bridge Mem¬ 
bers. By S. W. ROBINSON, C.E. 

61. Potable Water, and Methods of Detecting 
Impurities. By M. N. BAKER. Second 
edition, revised and enlarged. 

62. Theory of the Gas-Engine. By DOUGALD 
CLERK. Third edition. With additional mat¬ 
ter. Edited by F. E. Idell, M.E. 

63. House-Drainage and Sanitary Plumbing. 
By W. P. GERHARD. Twelfth edition. 

64. tElectromagnets. By A. N. MANSFIELD. 
Second edition, revised. 

05. Pocket Logarithms to Four Places of 
Decimals. Including Logarithms of Num- 
etc, 


66. fDynamo-Electric Machinery. By 8. P. 
THOMPSON. With an Introduction by F. 
L. Pope. Third edition, revised. 

67. Hydraulic Tables for the Calculation of 
the Discharge Through Sewers, Pipes and 
Conduits. By P. J. FLYNN. Based on 

“Kutter’s Formula.” 

68. Steam Heating. By ROBERT BRIGGS. 

Third edition, revised, with additions by A. R. 
Wolff. 

69. Chemical Problems. By PROF. J. C. 
FCYE. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. 

70. i Explosive Materials. By LIEUT. JOHN 
P. WISSER. 

71. Dynamic Electricity. By JOHN HOP- 
KINSON, J. N. SHOOLBRED, and R. E. 
DAY. 

72. Topographical Surveying. By GEORGE J. 

• SPECHT, PROF. A. S. HARDY, JOHN B.. 

McMASTER, and H. F. WALLING. Fourth 

edition, revised. 

73. Symbolic Algebra; or, the Algebra of Al¬ 
gebraic Numbers. By PROF. WILLIAM 
CAIN. 

74. JTesting Machines; Their History, Con¬ 
struction and Use. By ARTHUR V. AB¬ 
BOTT. 

75. Recent Progress in Dynamo-Electric Ma¬ 
chines. By PROF. SYLVANUS P. THOMP¬ 
SON. Being a Supplement to “Dynamo-elec¬ 
tric Machinery.” 

76. Modern Reproductive Graphic Processes. 
By LIEUT. JAMES S. PETTIT, U.S.A. 

77. tStadia Surveying. The Theory of Stadia 
Measurements. By ARTHUR WINSLOW. 

Ninth edition. 

78. The Steam Engine Indicator and Its Use;. 
By W. B. LE VAN. 

79. The Figure of the Earth. By FRANK 
C. ROBERTS, C.E. 

80. Healthy Foundations for Houses. By 
GLENN BROWN. 

81. fWater Meters: Comparative Tests of Ac¬ 
curacy, Delivery, etc. By ROSS E. 
BROWNE. Distinctive features of the 
Worthington, Kennedy, Siemens and Hesse 
meters. 

82. tThe Preservation of Timber by the Use 
of Antiseptics. By SAMUEL BAGSTER 
BOULTON, C.E. 

83. Mechanical Integrators. By PROF. 
HENRY S. H. SHAW, C.E. 

84. Flow of Water in Open Channels, Pipes, 
Conduits, Sewers, etc. By P. J. FLYNN,. 
C.E. With Tables. 

85. The Luminiferous Aether. By PROF. DE: 
VOLSON WOOD. 

86. Handbook of Mineralogy; Determination,. 
Description, and Classification of Minerals 
Found in the United States. Br. PROF. J.. 
C. FOYE. Fifth edition, revised. 

87. Treatise on the Theory of the Construc¬ 
tion of Helicoidal Oblique Arches. By 
JOHN L. CULLEY, C.E. 

88. tBeams and Girders. By P. H. PHIL- 
BRICK. Practical Formulas for their Re¬ 
sistance. 

89. Modern Gun Cotton: Its Manufacture, 
Properties, and Analyses. By LIEUT. 
JOHN P. WISSER. U.S.A. 

90. Rotary Motion as Applied to the Gyro¬ 
scope, By MAJOR J. G, BARNARD, 

print 


THE VAN NOSTRAND SCIENCE SERIES 


23 7 


91. Leveling: Barometric, Trigonometric, and 
Spirit. By PROF. I. 0. BAKER. Third 
edition. 

92. fPetroleum; Its Production and Use. By 
BOVERTON REDWOOD, F.I.C., l.C.S. 

93. Recent Practice in the Sanitary Drain¬ 
age of Buildings. By WILLIAM PAUL 
GERHARD, C.E. With Memoranda on ' the 
Cost of Plumbing Work. Second edition, re¬ 
vised and enlarged. 


110. Transition Curves. By WALTER G. 
FOX, C.E. A Field-book for Engineers, Con¬ 
taining Rules and Ta lies for Laying out 
Transition Curves. Second edition. 

111. Gas Lighting and Gas-Fitting. By WM. 
PAUL GERHARD, C.E. Specifications and 
Rules fur Gas-piping. Notes on the Advan¬ 
tages of Gas for Cooking and Heating, and 
Useful Hints to Gas Consumers. F'ourth edi¬ 
tion. 


94. The Treatment of Sewage. By D.R. C. 
MEYMOTT TIDY. 

95. Plate Girder Construction. By ISAMI 

HIROI, C.E. Fifth edition, entirely rewritten 
and enlarged. . , 

96. tAlternate-Current Machinery. By GIB¬ 
BET KAPP, Assoc. M. Inst., C-E. 

97. The Disposal of Household Wastes.. 
By W. PAUL GERHARD, Sanitary Engi¬ 
neer. Third edition. 

98. Practical Dynamo-Building for Amateurs. 
By FREDERICK WALKER. How to Wind 
for Any Output. Fully illustrated. Third 
edition. 

99. Triple Exnansion Engines and Engine 
Trials. By PROF. OSBORNE REYNOLDS. 
Edited with notes, etc., by F. E. Idell, M E. 

100. How to Become an Engineer; or, tj^e • 
Theoretical and Practical Training Netfe£- 
sary in Fitting for the Duties of the Civil 
Engineer. By PROF. GEO. W. PLYMPTON. 

101. fThe Sextant, and Other Reflecting Math¬ 
ematical Instruments. By F. R. BRAIN- 
ARD, U. S. Navy. With Practical Hints for ,, 
their Adjustment and Use. New edition. 

In Press 

102. The Galvanic Circuit Investigated 
Mathematically. By DR. G. S. OHM, Berlin, 
1827 . Translated by William Francis. With 
Preface and Notes by the Editor, Thomas D. 
Lockwood, M.LE.E. Second edition. 

103. The Microscopical Examination of Pot¬ 
able Water. By GEO. W. RAFTER; -! 
With Diagrams. Second edition. 

104. VAN NOSTRAND’S Table Book for Civil*, 
and Mechanical Engineers. Compiled by Frof. 
Geo. W. Plympton. 

105. fUeterminants. By PROF. G. A. MIL¬ 
LER. An Introduction to the Study of, with 
Examples and Applications. New edition. 

In Press 

106. Compressed Air. By PROF. A. B. W. j 
KENNEDY. Experiments upon the Trans¬ 
mission of Power by Compressed Air in Paris. 
(Popp’s System.) The Transmission and Dis¬ 
tribution of Power from Central Station^ by 
Compressed Air, by Prof. W. C. Unwin. Ed¬ 
ited by F. E. Idell. Third edition. 

107. A Graphical Method for Swing Bridges. 
By BENJAMIN F. LA RUE. A Rational 
and Easy Graphical Analysis of the Stresses in 
Ordinary Swing Bridges. With an Introduc¬ 
tion on the General Theory of Graphical 
Statics, with Folding Plates. Second, edition. 

108. Slide Valve Diagrams. By LLOYD' 
BANKSON, B.S., Assistant Naval Construc¬ 
tor, U. S. Navy. A French Method for Con-, 
structing Slide-valve Diagrams. Eight hold¬ 
ing Plates. 

109. The Measurement of Electric Currents. 
Electrical Measuring Instruments. By 
JAMES SWINBURNE. Meters for Electri¬ 
cal Energy, by C. H. Wordingham. Edited, 
with Preface, by T. Commerford Martin. 
With Folding Plate and Numerous Illustra¬ 
tions. 


112. A Primer on the Calculus. By E. 
SHERMAN GOULD, M. Am. Soc. C.E. 
Third edition, revised and enlarged. 

113. Physical Problems and Their Solution. 
By A. BOURGOUGNON, formerly Assistant 
at Bellevue Hospital. Second edition. 


114. Use of the Slide Rule. By F. A. 
HALSEY, of the American Machinist. Fourth 
edition, revised and enlarged. 


115 . Traverse Table. Showing the Difference 
of Latitude and Departure for Distances Be¬ 
tween 5 u and 100 and for Angles to Quarter 
Degrees Between 1 Degree and 90 Degrees. 
(Reprinted, from Scribner’s Pocket Table 
Book.) Third edition. 


116. Worm and Spiral Gearing. By F. A. 
HALSEY. Reprinted from American Machin¬ 
ist. Second; revised and enlarged edition. 


117. Practical Hydrostatics, and Hydrostatic 
Formulas. By E. SHERMAN GOULD. 

• -With Numerous Illustrative Figures and Nu¬ 
merical Examples. 

118., Treatment of Septic Sewage. By GEO. 
W. RAFTER. With Diagrams and Figures. 
•Third edition..- 


119. Lay Out of Corliss Valve Gears. By 
SANFORD A. k MOSS, M.S., Ph.D. With 

.Folding Plates and Diagrams. Reprinted from 
the American Machinist, with revisions and 
additions. Second edition. 


120. Art of Generating Gear Teeth. By 
•HOWARD A. COOMBS. With Figures, Dia¬ 
grams and Folding Plates. Reprinted from 
the American Machinist. 


121. Elements of Gas Engine Design. By 
SANFORD A. MOSS. Reprint of a Set of 

»;Notes accompanying a Course of Lectures de¬ 
livered at Cornell University in 1902. Illus¬ 
trated. 

122. Shaft Governors. By W. TRINKS and 
C. HOU 3 UM. Illustrated. 

123. Furnace Draft; Its Production by Me¬ 
chanical Methods. By WILLIAM WAL¬ 
LACE CHRISTIE. A Handy Reference Book, 
with figures and tables. Illustrated. Second 
edition, revised. 

, 1 ;\ , . . , •. : , v; % 

124. “Sumner’s Method’’ for Finding a Ship’s 
Position. By REV. G. M. SEARLE, Ph.D. 

Condensed and Improved. 

125. Tables for the Determination of Com¬ 
mon Roeks. By OLIVER BOWLES, M.A., 

..Instructor of Geology and Mineralogy, Uni¬ 
versity of Minnesota. 

126. Principles and Design of Aero-Planes. 
By'HERBERT CHATLEY, B.Sc., author of 

“The Problem of Flight,” “Force of the 
Wind,” etc. Second edition, revised. Illus¬ 
trated. 

127. Suspension Bridges and Cantilevers; 
Their Economic Proportions and Limiting 
Spans. By D. B. STEINMAN, C.E., Ph.D., 
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Uni¬ 
versity of Idaho. Second edition, revised and 
enlarged. Illustrated. 


238 


INDEX 


INDEX 


A 


ABBOTT, A. V. Electrical Transmission 

of Energy. 93 

ABRAHAM, H. Asphalts and Allied 

Substances . 124 

ADAM, P. Practical Bookbinding. 229 

ADAMS, H. Theory and Practice in De¬ 
signing . 125 

ADAMS, H. C. Sewage of Sea Coast 

Towns . 136 

ADAMS, J. W. Sewers and Drains for 

Populous Districts. 136 

ADLER, A. A. Theory of Engineering 

Drawing . 202 

-Principles of Parallel Projecting 

Line Drawing. 202 

AIRMAN, C. M. Manures and the Prin¬ 
ciples of Manuring. 65 

ALEXANDER, J. Colloid Chemistry. 11 

ALLEN, H. Modern Power Gas Producer 

Practice and Applications. 155 

AMERICAN Institute of Chemical Engi¬ 
neers. Transactions, 11 vols. 16 

ANDERSON, J. W. Prospector’s Hand¬ 
book . 211 

ANDES, L. E. Animal Fats and Oils.... 32 

-Vegetable Fats and Oils. 32 

-Drying Oils, Boiled Oil and Solid 

and Liquid Driers. 32 

-Iron Corrosion, Anti-Fouling and Anti- 

Corrosive Paints.36, 131 

-Oil Colors and Printers’ Ink. 33 

-; Treatment of Paper for Special Pur¬ 
poses . 44 

ANDREWS, E. S. Elementary Principles 

of Reinforced Concrete Construction.. 119 

-Elastic Stresses in Structures. 125 

-.Theory and Design of Structures.... 125 

-Further Problems in the Theory and 

Design of Structures. 125 

-Strength of Materials. 186 

ANDREWS, E. S., and HEYWOOD, H. 

B. Calculus. 143 

ANNUAL Reports on the Progress of 

Chemistry, 15 vols. 19 

APPLETON, H. A. See Simmons, W. 

H., and. 42 

ARENDT, M. See Crocker, F. B., and.. 79 

ARNOLD, E. Armature Windings. 81 

ASCH, W., and ASCH, D. Silicates. 29 

ASHE, S. W. Electricity, Experiment¬ 
ally and Practically Applied. 77 

-and KELLEY, J. D. Electric Rail¬ 
ways . 97 

ASHLEY, R. H, Chemical Calculations. 14 


ATKINS, W, Common Battery Tele¬ 


phony Simplified. 87 

ATKINSON, A. A. Electrical and Mag¬ 
netic Calculations. 86 

ATKINSON, P. Elements of Electric 

Lighting . 98 

-Elements of Dynamic Electricity 

and Magnetism. 77 

AUCHINCLOSS, W. S. Practical Appli¬ 
cation of the Slide Valve and Link 

Motion to Engines. 160 

AUDLEY, J. A. Silica and the Silicates. 29 
AUSTIN, E. Single-Phase Electric Rail¬ 
ways . 97 

AUSTIN, L. W., and COHN, L. Pocket- 

book of Radiotelegraphy. 90 

AYRTON, H. Electric Arc. 96 


B 

BACON, W. N. See Sindall, R. W., and.46, 50 


BAFF, W. E. Sale of Inventions. 227 

BAKER, A. L. Thick-Lens Optics. 73 

-Quaternions as the Result of Alge¬ 
braic Operations. 145 

BAKER, G. S. Ship Form, Resistance 

and Screw Propulsion. 192 

BAKER, T. T. Telegraphic Transmis¬ 
sion of Photographs. 88 

BAKER, W. N. See Rafter, G. W., and. 137 
BALE, G. R. Modern Iron Foundry 

Practice . 218 

BALL, J. D. W. Reinforced Concrete Rail¬ 
way Structures. 116 

BALL, R. S. Natural Sources of Power.. 156 

-Popular Guide to the Heavens. 76 

BALL, W. V. Law Affecting Engineers. 110 
BAMBER, E. F. See Rankine, W. J., 


BANGAY, R. D. Oscillation Valve. 90 

BARHAM, G. B. Development of the 

Incandescent Lamp. 99 

BARKER, A. F. Textiles. 54 

-and MIDGELY, E. Analysis of 

Woven Fabrics. 54 

BARKER, A. H. Theory and practice 

of Heating and Ventilation. 138 

-Graphic Methods of Engine Design. 157 

BARNARD, J. H. Naval Militiaman’s 

Guide . 190 

BARNES, J. B. Elements of Military 

Sketching and Map Reading.200 

BARNETT, E. DeB. Explosives, Matches 

and Pyrotechny. 49 

-Coal Tar Dyes and Intermediates... 61 

——Synthetic Dyes. 62 









































































INDEX 


239 


BARROWCLIFF, and CARR, F. H, 

Organic Medicinal Chemicals. 6 

BARRUS, G. H. Engine Tests. 163 

BATERDEN, J. R. Timber. 188 

BATES, E. L., and CHARLESWORTH, 

F. Practical Mathematics and Geom¬ 
etry . 140 

-Practical Mathematics. 140 

-Practical Geometry and Graphics.... 142 

BATEY, J. Steam Boilers and Combus¬ 
tion . 160 

-Science of Works Management.225 

BAYONET Training. 200 

BEADLE, C. Papermaking. 45 

BEAUMONT, R. Finishing of Textile 

Fabrics . 54 

-Color in Woven Design. 54 

-Standard Cloths, Structure and Man¬ 
ufacture . 55 

BECHHOLD, H. Colloids in Biology and 

Medicine . 41 

BECKWITH, A. Pottery... 29 

BEDELL, F. Air Propeller. 171 

-Airplane Characteristics. 171 

- Airplane .471 


-and PIERCE, C. A. Direct and Al¬ 
ternating Current Manual. 82 

BEECH, F. Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics- 55 


-- Dyeing of Woolen Fabrics. 55 

BEGTRUP, J. Slide Valve and Its 

Functions . 46° 

BENGOUGH, J. D. Brass. 221 

BENNETT, H. G. Manufacture of 

Leather . 44 

-Animal Proteids. 63 


BERNTHSEN, A. A. Organic Chemistry. 6 

BERSCH, J. Manufacture of Mineral 

and Lake Pigments. 36 

BEVAN, E. J. See Cross, C. F., and- 45 

BEVERIDGE, J. Papermaker’s Pocket- 


book . 45 

BINNIE, A. R. Rainfall Reservoirs and 

Water Supply. 134 

BINNS, C. F. Manual of Practical Pot¬ 
ting . 29 

-Potter’s Craft.230 


BIRCHMORE, W. H. Interpretation of 

Gas Analysis. 

BLAINE, R. G. Calculus and Its Ap¬ 
plications . 

BLANCHARD, W. M. Laboratory Exer¬ 
cises in General Chemistry. 


BLASDALE, W. C. Principles of Quan¬ 
titative Analysis. 41 

BLOCH, L. Science of Illumination. 183 

BLYTH, A. W., and BLYTH, M. W. 

Poisons, Their Effects and Detection. 63 

-Foods: Their Composition and Anal¬ 
ysis . 63 

BOCKMANN, F. Celluloid. 50 


BODMER, G, R. Hydraulic Motors and 

Turbines . 131 

BOILEAU, J. T. New and Complete Set 

of Traverse Tables. 413 

BONNEY, G. E. Electro-platers’ Hand¬ 
book . 465 

BOOTH, N. Ring-Spinning Frame. 55 

BOOTH, WM. H. Water Softening and 

Treatment . 161 

-Superheaters, Superheating and Their 

Control . 162 

BOTTCHER, A. Cranes, Their Construc¬ 
tion, Mechanical Equipment and 

Working . 176 

BOTTLER, M. Modern Bleaching Agents 

and Detergents. 55 

BOTTONE, S. R. Electro-Motors, How 

Made and How Used. 82 

-Magnetos for Automobilists. 169 

BOURCART, E. Insecticides, Fungicides 
and Weedkillers. 65 


BOURGOUGNON, A. Physical Problems 

and Their Solution. 69 

BOURRY, E. Treatise on Ceramic In¬ 
dustries . 30 

BOWIE, A. J., Jr. Hydraulic Mining in 

California . 213 

BOWLES, O. Tables for the Determina¬ 
tion of Common Rocks. 209 

BOWSER, E. A. Treatise on Roofs and 

Bridges . 125 

-Elementary Treatise on Hydro¬ 
mechanics.148 

-Elementary Treatise on Analytic 

Geometry . 143 

-Elementary Treatise on Analytic Me¬ 
chanics . 148 

-Elementary Treatise on the Differen¬ 
tial and Integral Calculus. 143 

BOYCOTT, G. W. M. Compressed Air 

Work and Diving. 122 

BRADFORD, G. Glossary of Navigation 

and Sea Terms. 195 

-Whys and Wherefores of Navigation. 195 

BRAGG, E. M. Design of Marine En¬ 
gines and Auxiliaries. 190 

BRASSEY, E., and LEYLAND, J. Naval 
Annual, 1919. 19° 


BRAUN, E. Economy and System in the 

Bakery . 231 

BRIGHT, C. Telegraphy, Aeronautics 

and War. 38 

-Life Story of Sir Charles Tilson 

Bright . 88 

BRISLEE, F. J. Study of Fuel. 153 

BROADFOOT, S. K. Motors, Secondary 
Batteries, Measuring Instruments and 

Switchgear . 82 

BROUGHTON, H H. Electric Cranes, 
Their ■n-qip- instruction and Ap- 

. 168 



















































































240 


INDEX 


1 


BROWN, A, W, See McKnight, J. D,, and 190 

BROWN, H. Rubber. 46 

-Irrigation . 136 

BROWN, J. T. See Maxwell, W. H., and. 112 
BROWN, W. A. Portland Cement Indus¬ 
try . 119 

BROWN, W. N. Workshop Wrinkles for 
Decorators, Painters, Paperhangers 

and Others.^.224 

-House Decorating and Painting, ..... 224 

-Handbook on Japanning for Ironware, 

Tinware, Wood, etc. 231 

-Art of Enamelling on Metal. 231 

-Principles and Practice of Dipping, 

Burnishing, Lacquering and Bronzing 

Brasware . 231 

-History of Decorative Art. 233 

BRUCE, E. M. Detection of the Common 

Food Adulterants. 64 

BRUNNER, R. Manufacture of Lubricants 33 
BUCHER, E. E. Vacuum Tubes in Wire¬ 
less Communication. 90 

«- l 

-Practical Wireless Telegraphy. 90 

BULLOWA, C. M. See Bechold, H., and. II 
BUNKLEY, J. W. Military and Naval 

Recognition Book....... 200 

BURLEY, G. W. Testing of Machine 

Tools .178 

-Machines and Fitting Shop Practice.. 178 

-Lathes, Their Construction and Oper¬ 
ation . 178 

BURNSIDE, W. Bridge Foundations'. >. . 126 
BURSTALL, F. W. Energy-Diagram for 

Gas . 165 

BURT, W. A. Key to the Solar Compass. 113 

BUSKETT, E. W. Fire Assaying. 221 

BUTLER, H J. Motor Bodies and Chassis 169 
BYERS, H. G., and KNIGHT, H. G. 

Qualitative Analysis.. . .•. 12 


C 

CAIN, W. Practical Designing of Re¬ 


taining Walls.126 

-Brief Course in the Calculus. 143 

CALVERT, G. T. Sulphate of Ammonia 

and Crude Ammonia. 24 

CAMERON, C. See Johnston, J. F. W., 

and . 66 

CAREY, A. E., and OLIVER, F. W. Tidal 

Lands . 113 

CARHART, H. S. Thermo-Electromotive 

Force in Electric Cells. 77 

CARPENTER, R. C., and DIETERICHS, 

H. International Combustion Engines. 165 

CARR, F. H. See Barrowcliff, M., and.. 6 
CARTER, H, A. Ramie (,Rhea) China 

Grass . 55 

CARTER, H. R. Modern Flax, Hemp, 

and Jute Spinning. 56 

-Bleaching, Dyeing and Finishing of 


Flax, Hemp and Jute Yarns and 


Fabrics . 56 

CARY, E. R. Solution of Railroad Prob¬ 
lems by the Slide Rule.116, 146 

CASLEF., M. D. Simplified Reinforced 

Concrete Mathematics. ..<. 119 

CATHCART, W. L. Machine Design_203 

-and CHAFFEE, J. I. Elements of 

Graphic Statics * and of General 

Graphic Methods. 148 

-Short Course in Graphic Statics. 148 

CAVEN, R, M., and LANDER, G. D. Sys¬ 
tematic Inorganic Chemistry. 5 

CHAFFEE, J. I. See Cathcart, W. L., and 148 
CHALKLEY, A. P. Diesel Engines for 

Land and Marine Work. 165 

CHALMERS, T. W. Production and 

Treatment of Vegetable Oils. 33 

CHAMBERS’ Mathematical Tables.... 146 

CHAMBERS, G. F. Astronomy. 76 

CHAPPELL, E. Five Figure Mathemat¬ 
ical Tables. 146 

CHARLESWORTH, F. See Bates, E. L., 

and, .140, 142 

CHARNOCK, G. F. Mechanical Technol¬ 
ogy . 187 

CHARPENTIER, P. Timber. 188 

CHATLEY, H. How to Use Water Power 131 

-Principles and Design of Aeroplanes. 171 

-Practical Gyrostatic Balancing. 233 

CHILD, C. D. Electric Arcs. 99 

CHRISTIAN, M. Disinfection and Dis¬ 
infectants . 64 

CHRISTIE, W. W. Water, Its Purifica¬ 
tion and Use in the Industries.. 155 

--Chimney Design and Theory. 156 

-Boiler Waters, Scale, Corrosion, 

Foaming . 161 

CHURCH’S Laboratory Guide. 65 

CLAPHAM, J, H. Woolen and Worsted 

Industries .56 

CLAPPERTON, G. Practical Papermaking 45 
CLARK, A. G. Textbook on Motor Car 

Engineering . 169 

CLARK, C. H. Marine Gas Troubles. 166 

CLARKE, J, W„ and SCOTT, W. Plumb¬ 
ing Practice. 133 

CLARKSON, R. F. Elementary Electrical 

Engineering . 77 

CLARKSON, S. S. See Dyson, S. S., and. 20 
CLEVENGER, S. R. Government Survey¬ 
ing . 113 

CLOUTH, F. Rubber, Gutta-Percha and 

Resins . 47 

COCHRAN, J, Cement Specifications.... 119 

-General Specifications for Concrete 

and Reinforced Concrete. 120 

COCKING, W. C. Calculations for Steel- 

Frame Structures. 126 

COFFIN, J. H, C. Navigation and Nau¬ 
tical Astronomy. 195 






































































INDEX 


241 


OOHN, L. See Austin, L, W., and.**... 90 

COLE, R. S. Photographic Optics. 73 

COLES-FINCH, W. Water, Its Origin 

and Use. 156 

COLLINS, C. D. Drafting Room Methods, 

Standards and Forms. 202 

COLLINS, S. H. Plant Products and 

Fertilizers . 65 


COLLIS, A. Switchgear and the Control 

of Electric Light and Power Circuits. 93 
COLVER, deW. S. High Explosives.... 50 

COMSTOCK, D, F., and TROLAND, L. T. 


Nature of Matter and Electricity.... 69 

COOPER, W. R. Primary Batteries, 

Their Theory, Use and Construction.. 105 
COPPERTHWAITE, W. C. Tunnel Shields 

and the Use of Compressed Air. 122 

CORNWALL, H. B. Manual of Blowpipe 

Analysis . 210 

COSGROVE, J. F. Coal. 213 

COSTE, J. H. See Parry, E. J., and_ 38 

COUCH, J. F. Dictionary of Chemical 

Terms . 1 

COWEE, G. A. Practical Safety Methods 

and Devices . 232 

COWELL, W, B. Pure Air, Ozone and 

Water . 156 

CRAIG, J. W., and WOODWARD, W. P. 
Questions and Answers About Elec¬ 
trical Apparatus . 100 

CREHORE, A. C. Mystery of Matter 

and Energy. 269 

- New Theory of the Atom. 70 

CRISSEY, C. P. See Loewenstein, L. 

C., and. 174 

CROCKER, F. B., and ARENDT, M. 

Electric Motors. 79 

-and WHEELER, S. S. Management 

of Electrical Machinery. 83 

CROSBY, E. U., FISKE, H. A., and 
FORSTER, H. W. Handbook of Fire 

Protection . 232 

CROSS, C. F., BEVAN, E. J., and SIN- 
DALL, R. W. Wood Pulp and Its 

Uses . 45 

CROSSKEY, L. R. Elementary Perspec¬ 
tive . 206 

--and THAW, J. Advanced Perspective 206 

CUNNINGHAM, E. T. See Haller, G. 

F., and. 104 

CUSHING, Jr., H. C., and HARRISON, 

N. Central Station Management.... 93 


D 

DADOURIAN, H. M. Analytical Me¬ 
chanics for Students of Physics and 

Engineering . 148 

-Graphic Statics and a General Meth¬ 
od for Working on Problems in Me¬ 
chanics . 149 


D’ALBE, E. E. Contemporary Chemistry. 1 
DANBY, A. Natural Rock Asphalts and 

Bitumens . 124 

DARBY, J. O. H. See Fisher, H. K. C., 

and . 88 

DARLING, E. R. Inorganic Chemical 

Synonyms . 5 

DAVENPORT, C. The Book, Its History 

and Development. 233 

DAVEY, N. Gas Turbine. 166 

DAVIES, F. H. Electric Power and 

Traction . 97 

-Foundations and Machinery Fixing.. 83 

DEERR, N. Cane Sugar. 48 

DE LA COUX, H. Industrial Uses of 

Water . 156 

DEL MAR, W, A. Electric Power Con¬ 
ductors . 102 

DENNY, G. A. Deep-level Mines of the 

Rand .213 

DERR, W. L. Block Signal Operation... 116 

DESAINT, A. Three. Hundred Shades and 

How to Mix Them. 224 

DEVEY, R. G. Mill and Factory Wiring. 101 

DICHMANN, C. Basic Open-Hearth Steel 

Process . 216 

DIETERICH, K. Analysis of Resins, 

Balsams, and Gum Resins. 24 

DIETERICHS, H. See Carpenter, R, C., 

and . 165 

DILWORTH, E. C. Steel Railway Bridges 116 
DINGER, H, C. Handbook for the Care 

and Operation of Naval Machinery.. 190 


DIXON, D. B. Machinist’s and Steam 


Engineer’s Practical Calculator. 179 

DOMMETT, W. E. Motor Car Mechanism 170 
DORR, B. F. Surveyor’s Guide and 

Table Book. 113 

DRAPER, C. H. Heat and the Principles 

of Thermodynamics. 152 

DRAPER, E. G. Navigating the Ship.... 195 
DRAYER, C. E. See Newell, F. H., and. 233 
DUBBEL, H. High Power Gas Engines.. 166 


DUMESNY, P., and NOYER, J. Wood 

Products, Distillates and Extracts.... 52 
DUNCAN, W. G., and PENMAN, D. 

Electrical Equipment of Colleries. .. . 107 
DUNKLEY, W. G. Design of Machine 

Elements ... 179 

DUNN, W. See Marsh, C. F., and. 120 

DUNSTAN, A. E., and THOLE, F. B. 

Practical Chemistry. 2 

DURHAM, H. W. Saws: Their Care and 

Treatment . 179 

DUTHIE, A. L. Decorative Glass Proc¬ 
esses . 30 

DWIGHT, H. B. Transmission Line 
Formulas for Electrical Engineers and 

Engineering Students. 102 

DYEING Wool, Silk and Cotton, Art of.. 54 

















































INDEX 


242 


DYKE, A, L. Automobile and Gasoline 

Engine Encyclopedia. 170 

DYSON, S. S. Manual of Chemical Plant. 20 

_and CLARKSON, S. S. Chemical 

Works . 


E 


EARLE, R. P. See Johnson, C. H., and.. 
ECCLES, W. H. Wireless Telegraphy 

and Telephony. 

ECK, J. Light, Radiation and Illumina,- 
tion . 


83 

90 

183 


EDDY, L. C. Laboratory Manual of Al¬ 
ternating Currents. 83 

EDELMAN, P. E. Inventions and Patents 227 
EDLER, R. Switches and Switchgear.. 94 
EDGECUMBE, K. Industrial Electrical 

Measuring Instruments. 85 

EDWARDS, H. W. See Wagner, H. E., 
and . 


EISSLER, M. Handbook on Modern Ex¬ 
plosives . 50 

-Metallurgy of Gold. 221 

-Metallurgy of Silver.221 

-Metallurgy of Argentiferous Lead-221 

EKIN, T. C. Water Pipe and Sewer 


Discharge Diagrams. 131 

ELECTRIC Light Carbons, Manufacture of 99 
ELIOT, C. W., and STORER, F. H. Qual¬ 
itative Chemical Analysis. 12 

ELLIS, C. Hydrogenation of Oils. 33 

-Ultraviolet Light. 20 

-and MEIGS, J. V. Gasolene and 

Other Motor Fuels. 154 


ELLIS, G. Modern Technical Drawing.. 203 
ENNIS, W. D. Linseed Oil and Other 


Seed Oils. 34 

-- Applied Thermodynamics for Engi¬ 
neers . 152 

-Vapors for Heat Engines. 167 

-Flying Machines of To-Day. 171 

ERMEN, W. F, A. Materials Used in 

Sizing . 56 

ERWIN, M. Universe and the Atom.... 70 
EWING, A, J. Magnetic Induction in 

Iron and Metals. 77 

F 


FAIRCHILD, J. F. Graphical Compass 

Conversion Chart and Tables. 114 

FAIRIE, J. Notes on Pottery Clays.... 30 

-Notes on Lead Ores. 221 

FAIRWEATHER, W. C. Foreign and 

Colonial Patent Laws. 227 

FALCONNET, H. See Seeligmann, T., and 43 

FALK, K. G. Chemical Reactions. 25 

FANNING, J. T. Hydraulic and Water 

Supply Engineering. 132 

FARNSWORTH, P. V. Shop Mathematics 140 
FAY, I. W, Chenxistry of Coal-Tar Dyes. 62 


FERNBACH, R, L. Glue and Gelatin*.. 43 

FINDLAY, A. Treasures of Coal Tar- 25 

FIRTH, J. B. Practical Physical Chem¬ 
istry . ® 

FISCHER, E. Preparation of Organic 

Compounds . 7 

FISHER, H. K. C., and DARBY, J. O. H. 
Student’s Guide to Submarine Cable 

Testing . 88 

FISKE, H. A. See Crosby, E. U., and.. 232 
FLEISCHMANN, W. Book of the Dairy. 67 
FLEMING, J. A, Alternate-Current Trans¬ 


former in Theory and Practice. 82 

__Handbook for the Electrical Labor¬ 
atory and Testing Room. 85 


-Propagation of Electric Currents in 

Telephone and Telegraph Conductors. 87 
-Thermionic Valve and Its Develop¬ 
ments in Radiotelegraphy and Tele¬ 
phony . 

-Wireless Telegraphist’s Pocket Book 

of Notes, Formulae and Calculations. 91 
FLETT, J. S, See Newbegin, M. I., and. 209 
FLEURY, P. Preparation and Uses of 


White Zinc Paints. 36 

FORSTER, H. W. See Crosby, E. U., and 232 
FOSTER. H. A. Electrical Engineer’s 

Poeketbook . 79 

-Engineering Valuation of Public 

Utilities and Factories.HO 

FOWLE, F. F. Protection of Railroads 
from Overhead Transmission Line 

Crossings . 102 

FOX, W„ and THOMAS, C. W. Practical 

Course in Mechanical Drawing.203 

FOYE, J. C. Chemical Problems. 14 

Handbook of Mineralogy.210 

FRANCIS, J. B. Lowell Hydraulic Ex¬ 
periments . 132 

FRANZEN, H. Exercises in Gas Analysis 184 
FRASER, E. S., and JONES, R. B. Motor 

Vehicles and Their Engines.170 

FREUDMACHER, P, W. Electrical Min¬ 
ing Installations. 107 

FRIEND, J. N. Chemistry of Linseed Oil. 34 
FRITH, J, Alternating Current Design.. 80 
FRITSCH, J. Manufacture of Chemical 

Manures . 66 

FRYE, A, I, Civil Engineers’ Pocketbook. 112 
FULLER, G, W. Report on the Investiga¬ 
tion into the Purification of the Ohio 

River Water at Louisville, Ky.I 88 

FURNELL, J , Students’ Handbook of 
Paints, Colors, Oils and Varnishes.... 88 


G 


GANT, L, W, Elements of Electric Trac¬ 
tion for Motormen and Others. 9 7 

GARCIA, A. J. R, v. Dictionary of Rail¬ 
way Terms in Spanish English and 
English-Spanish .H 7 


























































INDEX 


243 


GARDNER, H. A. Paint Researches and 

Their Practical Applications. 36 

GARFORTH, W. E, Suggested Rules for 
Recovering Coal Mines After Explo¬ 
sions and Fires. 213 

GARRARD, C. C. Electric Switch and 

Controlling Gear. 94 

GEAR, H. B., and WILLIAMS, P. F. 
Electric Central Station Distribution 

Systems . 94 

GEERLIGS, H. C, P. Cane Sugar and 

Its Manufacture. 48 

—— Chemical Control in Cane Sugar Fac¬ 
tories . 49 

GEIKIE, J. Structural and Field Geology. 208 

-Mountains . 208 

-Antiquity of Man in Europe.208 

GEORGI, F., and SCHUBERT, A. Sheet 
Metal Working. 179 

GERHARD, W. P. Sanitation, Water 
Supply and Sewage Disposal of Coun¬ 
try Houses. 138 

GERHARDI, C. H. W. Electricity Me¬ 
ters, Their Construction and Manage¬ 
ment . 85 

GESCHWIND, L. Manufacture of Alum 

and Sulphates . 25 


GETMAN, F. H. See Hering, C., and... 105 
GIBBINGS, A. H. Oil Fuel Equipment for 
Locomotives and Principles of Appli¬ 


cation . 164 

GIBBS, W, E. Lighting by Acetylene.... 183 
GIBSON, A. H. Water Hammer in Hy¬ 
draulic Pipe Lines. 132 


-Hydraulics and Its Applications.... 132 

GIBSON, A. H., and RITCHIE, E. G. 

Study of the Circular Arc Bow-Girder. 126 
GILBRETH, F. B. Primer of Scientific 


Management . 225 

-Motion Study. 225 

GLLLMORE, Q. A. Construction of Roads, 

Streets and Pavements. 124 

GOLDING, H. A. Theta-Phi Diagram... 162 

GOLDSCHMIDT, R. Alternating Current 

Commutator Motor. 8Q 

GOODCHILD, W. Precious Stones.229 

GOODELL, J. M. Location, Construction 

and Maintenance of Roads. 124 

GOODEVE, T. M. Textbook on the Steam 

Engine . 157 

GORE, G. Art of Electrolytic Separation 

of Metals. 105 

GOULD, E. S. Primer of the Calculus.. 144 

-Arithmetic of the Steam Engine_ 158 

GRATACAP, L. P. Popular Guide to 

Mineral Collections. 210 

GRAY, H. H. Gas-Works Products. 20 

GRAY, J. Electrical Influence Machines. 104 

--Practical Design of Marine Single- 

Ended and Double-Ended Boilers_ 190 


GREENHILL, G. Dynamics of Mechanical 


Flight . 172 

GREENWOOD, H. C. Industrial Gases.. 20 
GREGORIUS, R. Mineral Waxes. 34 

GRIERSON, It. Some Modern Methods 

of Ventilation. 138 

GRIFFITHS, A. B. Treatise on Manures. 66 

GROSS, E. Hops. 66 

GROSSMANN, J. Ammonia and Its 
Compounds . 25 


GROTH, L, A. Welding and Cutting 

Metals by Aid of Gases or Electricity 108 
GROVER, F. Modern Gas and Oil En¬ 


gines .167 

GRUNER, A. Power-Loom Weaving and 

Yarn Numbering. 60 

GRUNSKY, R. L. Traverse Tables.114 

GULDNER, H. Design and Construction 

of Internal Combustion Engines.167 

GUNTHER, C. O. Integration by Trigo¬ 
nometric and Imaginary Substitution. 145 
GURDEN, R. L. Traverse Tables. 114 

GUY, A. E. Experiments on the Flexure 
of Beams. 126 

H 

HAENIG, A. Emery and the Emery In¬ 
dustry .222 

HAINBACH, R. Pottery Decorating.230 

HALE, A. J. Manufacture of Chemicals 

by Electrolysis. 25 

HALE, W. J. Calculations of General 

Chemistry . 15 

HALL, C. H. Chemistry of Paints and 

Paint Vehicles. 37 

HALL, H. R. Governors and Governing 
Mechanism . 162 

HALL, W. S. Elements of the Differen¬ 
tial and Integral Calculus. 144 

-Descriptive Geometry. 203 

HALLER, G. F., and CUNNINGHAM, E. 

T. Telsa High Frequency Coil. 104 

HALSEY, F. A. Use of the Slide Rule.. 146 

-Slide Valve Gears. 160 

——Worm and Spiral Gearing. 182 

HANCOCK, Textbook of Mechanics and 

Hydrostatics . 149 

HARDY, E. Elementary Principles of 
Graphic Statics. 126 

HARPER, J. H, Hydraulic Tables for 

the Flow of Water. 133 

HARRISON, N. See Cushing, Jr., H. C., 
and . 93 

HARROW, B. Eminent Chemists of Our 

Times . 2 

HARVEY, A. W. See Silverman, A., and. 6 

HASKINS, C. H. The Galvanometer and 
Its Uses. 85 

HATT, J. A. H. The Colorist..,,.,,.... W 





























































244 


INDEX 


HAUSBRAND, E. Drying by Means of 

Air and Steam. 175 

-Evaporating, Condensing and Cooling 

Apparatus . 175 

HAUSMANN, E. Telegraph Engineering. 88 

-See Sheldon, S., and..!.72, 81, 98 

HAUSNER, A. Manufacture of Preserved 

Foods and Sweetmeats. 63 

HAWKESWORTH, J. Graphical Hand¬ 
book for Reinforced Concrete Design. 120 
HAY, A. Introductory Course of Con¬ 
tinuous-Current Engineering. 80 

HAYES, H. V. Public Utilities, Their 

Fair Present Value and Return. 110 

-Public Utilities, Their Cost New and 

Depreciation . Ill 

HAYFORD, J. F. See Wright, T. W., and 116 
HEATH, F. II. Chemistry of Photog¬ 
raphy . 75 

HEATHER, H. J. Electrical Engineer¬ 
ing for Mechanical and Mining Engi¬ 
neers . 107 

HEAVISIDE, 0. Electromagnetic Theory. 78 
HECK, R. C. H. Notes on Elementary 

Kinematics. 149 

-Notes on the Graphics of Machine 

Forces . 149 

---Steam Engine and Turbine. 158 

-Steam Engine and Other Steam 

Motors . 158 

HEERMANN, P. Dyers’ Materials. 56 

HEHRE, F. W. See Morecroft, J. H., 


HEILBRON, I. M. See Neave, G. B., and. 7 

-See Wilson, F. J., and. 5 

HERING, C., and GETMAN, F. H. 
Standard Table of Electro-Chemical 

Equivalents and Their Derivatives. 105 

HERING, D. W. Essentials of Physics 

for College Students. 70 

HERINGTON, C. F. Powdered Coal as 

a Fuel. 154 

HERRMANN, G. Graphical Statics of 

Mechanism . 150 

-- -See Weisbach, J., and. 174 

HERZFELD, J. Technical Testing of 

Yarns and Textile Fabrics. 56 

HEYWOOD, H. B. See Andrews, E. S., 

and . 143 

HILDITCH, T. P. Concise History of 

Chemistry . 2 

HILL, M. J. M.. Theory of Proportion.. 145 
HILLHOUSE, P. A. Ship Stability and 

Trim . 192 

HIROI, I. Statically - Indeterminate 
Stresses in Frames Commonly Used 

for Bridges. 127 

-Plate Girder Construction. 127 

HIRSOHFELD, C. F. Engineering Ther¬ 
modynamics . 153 

HOAR, A. Submarine Torpedo Boat. 192 


HOBART, H. M. Design of Static Trans* 

formers . 82 

-Heavy Electrical Engineering. 95 

-Electric Trains. 97 

-Electric Propulsion of Ships. 108 

-See Parshall, H. F., and. 98 

HOBART, J. F. Soft Soldering, Hard 

Soldering and Brazing . 139 

HOBBS, W. R. P. Arithmetic of Elec¬ 
trical Measurements. 86 

HOFF, J. N. Paint and Paint Facts and 

Formulas . 37 

HOLE, W. Distribution of Gas. 184 

HOPKINS, N. M. Model Engines and 

Small Boats. 191 

-Outlook for Research and Invention. 228 

HORNER, J. G. Gear Cutting. 182 

——Practical Iron Founding.. 218 

HOUGHTON, C. E. Elements of Me¬ 
chanics of Materials. 150 

HOUSTOUN, R. A. Studies in Light 

Production . 183 

HOVERDEN, F. Practical Mathematics 

for Young Engineers. 198 

HOWE,j G. Mathematics for the Practical 

Man . 141 

HOWORTH, J. Art of Repairing and 
Riveting Glass, China and Earthen¬ 
ware . 230 

HOYT, W. F. Chemistry by Experimenta¬ 
tion . 2 

HUBBARD, E. Utilization of Wood 

Waste . 52 

HUBNER, J. Bleaching and Dyeing. 57 

HUDSON, G. F. Iron and Steel. 217 

HUMPHREYS, A. C. Business Features 

of Engineering Practice. Ill 

HURST, G. H. Lubricating Oils, Fats 

and Greases... 34 

-Dictionary of Chemicals and Raw 

Products Used in the Manufacture of 

Paints, Colors, etc. 37 

-Handbook of the Theory of Color_ 73 

-Soaps . 41 

-and SIMMONS, W. H. Textile Soaps 

and Oils. 41 

-Textile Soaps and Oils.,. 57 

HURST, H. E., and LATEY, R. T. Text¬ 
book of Physics.... 71 

HUTCHINSON, R. W., Jr. Long Distance 

Electric Power Transmission... 95 

-and THOMAS, W. A. Electricity in '■ 

Mining . ...... 107 

HYDE, F. S. Solvents, Oils, Gums, Waxes 4 
and Allied Substances.,.. 34 > 

I 

INGHAM, A. E. Gearing. . 182 

INGLE, H. Manual of Agricultural 
Chemistry . 55 













































































INDEX 


245 


jciTNES, C, H. Centrifugal Pumps, Tur¬ 
bines and Water Motors. 174 

-The Fan: Including the Theory and 

Practice of Centrifugal and Axial 

Fans . 174 

-Problems in Machine Design.203 


J 


JACOBS, F. B. Cam, Design and Manu¬ 
facture . 203 

JAGGERS, E. M. See Perkin, F. M., and. 4 
JAMES, H. D. Controllers for Electric 

Motors . 95 

JAMES, J. C. See Sudborough, J. J., and. 8 
JEHL, F. Manufacture of Carbons for 

Electric Lighting and Other Purposes. 99 
JENNINGS, A. S. Commercial Paints 

and Painting.37, 224 

JENNISON, F. H. Manufacturers of Lake 

Pigments from Artificial Colors. 37 

JEPSON, G. Cams, and the Principles 

of Their Construction. 203 

JERVIS-SMITH, F. J. Dynamometers... 163 
JOCKIN, W. Arithmetic of the Gold and 

Silversmith . 229 


JOHNSON, C. H., and EARLE, R. P. 
Practical Tests for the Electrical 

Laboratory . 

JOHNSON, J. H. Arc Lamps and Acces¬ 
sory Apparatus. 

JOHNSON, 0. C. See Prescott, A. B., 
and . 


JOHNSON, T. M. Ship Wiring and Fit¬ 
ting ...108 

JOHNSON, W. W. See Rice, J. M., and. 146 
JOHNSTON, J. F. W„ and CAMERON, C. 
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry 


and Geology. 66 

JOLY, J. Radioactivity and Geology-208 

JONES, F. B. See Pilcher, R. B., and.. 5 
JONES, H. C. New Era in Chemistry.. 3 

-'Nature of Solution. 9 

-Electrical Nature of Matter and 

Radioactivity . 104 

JONES, J. H. Tinplate Industry. 221 

JONES, M. H. Testing and Valuation of 
Raw Materials Used in Paint and 

Color Manufacture. 38 

JONES, R. B. See Fraser, E. S., and... 170 

JONES, W. H. See Thom, C., and. 89 

JORDAN, L. C. Practical Railway Spiral. 117 

JOY, G. A. See Thiess, J. B., and. 87 

JUPTNER, H. F. V. Siderology.217 


K 


KAPPER, F. Overhead Transmission 

Lines and Distributing Circuits. 102 

KEILEY, J. D. See Ashe, S. W., and... 97 
KEIM, A. W. Prevention of Dampness 

i» Buildings. 131 


KELLER, S. S„ and KNOX, W. F. 

Analytical Geometry and Calculus... 144 
KEMBLE, W. T., and UNDERHILL, C. 

R. Periodic Law and the Hydrogen 

Spectrum .. 3 

KEMP, J. F. Handbook of Rocks for Use 

Without the Microscope. 209 

KENNEDY, R. Principles of Aeroplane 

Construction . 172 

-- Flying Machines, Practice and Design. 172 

KERSHAW, J. B. C. Electrometallurgy. 106 

-Fuel, Water and Gas Analysis fcr 

Steam Users. 154 

-Electro-Thermal Methods of Iron and 

Steel Production. 217 

KINZBRUNNER, C. Continuous Current 

Armatures . 81 

-Testing of Alternating Current Ma¬ 
chines in Laboratories and Test Rooms 83 
KINZER t H., and WALTER, K. Theory 

and Practice of Damask Weaving.... 57 
KIRKBRIDE, J. Engraving for Illustra¬ 
tion .228 

KIRSCHKE, A. Gas and Oil Engines... 167 

KLEIN, J. F. Physical Significance of 

Entropy . 153 

-Design of a High Speed Steam En¬ 
gine . 158 

KLINGENBERG, G. Large Electric 

Stations .r-. 95 

KNIGHT, A. M. Modern Seamanship... 196 

KNIGHT, H. G. See Byers, H. G., and. 12 
KNOTT, C. G. Four Figure Mathematical 

Tables . 14 7 

-and MACKEY, J. S. Practical 

Mathematics . 141 

KNOX, J. Physico-Chemical Solutions... 10 

-Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen.. 25 

KNOX, W. F. See Keller, S. S., and- 144 

KOESTER, F. Hydroelectric Develop¬ 


ments and Engineering.... 96 

-Steam Electric Power Plants and 

Their Construction. 96 

KOLLER, T. Cosmetics. 42 

-Utilization of Waste Products. 53 

KOPPE, S. W. Glycerine. 25 

KOZMIN, P. A. Flour Milling. 68 

KRAUCH, C. Chemical Reagents. 25 


KREMANN, R. Application of Physico- 
Chemical Theory to Technical Proc¬ 
esses and Manufacturing Methods... 20 
KRETSCHMAR, K. Yarn and Warp Siz¬ 


ing in All Its Branches. 57 

L 

LAFFARGUE, A. Attack in Trench 

Warfare .201 

LALLIER, E. V. Elementary Manual of 

the Steam Engine. 158 



























































246 


INDEX 


LAMBERT, T. Bone Products and 

Manures . 66 

-Lead and Its Compounds. 221 

LAMBORN, L. L. Modern Soaps, Can¬ 
dles and Glycerine. 42 

-Cottonseed Products. 53 

LAMPRECHT, R. Recovery Work After 

Pit Fires. 212 

LANCHESTER, F. W. Flying Machine 

*rom an Engineering Standpoint..... 172 

-Aerial Flight. 173 

--Industrial Engineering. ^. 225 

LANDER, G. D. See Caven, R. M. 5 

LANGE, K. R. By-Products of Coal-Gas 

Manufacture . 184 

LASSAR-COHN. Modern Scientific Chem¬ 
istry . 3 

LATEY, R. T. See Hurst, H. E., and.. 71 
LATTA, M. N. Handbook of American 

Gas-Engineering Practice. 184 

-American Producer Gas Practice and 

Industrial Gas Engineering. 155 

LAWS, B. C. Stability and Equilibrium 

of Floating Bodies. 192 

LEASK, A. R. Refrigerating Machinery. 175 
LECKY, S. T. S. Wrinkles in Practical 

Navigation . 196 

LEDOUX, M. Ice-Making Machines. 175 

LEEDS, C. C. Mechanical Drawing for 

Trade Schools. 203 

—— Mechanical Drawing for Industrial 

and High Schools..... 204 

-Principles of Engineering Drawing 

for Technical Students. 204 

LEFEVRE, L. Architectural Pottery.... 230 

LEHNER, S. Ink Manufacture. 40 

LEMSTROM, S. Electricity in Agricul¬ 
ture and Horticulture. 109 

LETTS, E. A. Fundamental Problems 

in Chemistry. 3 

LEWES, V. B. Liquid and Gaseous Fuels. 154 
-Carbonisation of Coal. 184 


LEWIS Automatic Machine Rifle. 201 

LEYLAND, J. See Brassey, E., and.... 190 
LICKS, H. Ei. Recreations in Mathe¬ 


matics . 141 

LIVERMORE, V. P., and WILLIAMS, J. 
How to Become a Competent Motor- 

man . 97 

LIVINGSTONE, R. Mechanical Design 

and Construction of Generators. 80 

-Mechanical Design and Construction 

of Commutators. 81 

LLOYD, S. L. Mining and Manufacture 

of Fertilizing Material. 67 

LOCKWOOD, T. D. Electricity, Magnet¬ 
ism, and Electro Telegraphy. 89 

-Electrical Measurement and the Gal¬ 
vanometer, Its Construction and Uses. 85 
LODGE, 0. J, Elementary Mechanics.,,, 150 


LOEWENSTEIN, L. C., and CRISSEY, 
C. P. Centrifugal Pumps, Their De¬ 


sign and Construction. 174 

LOMAX, J. W. Fine Cotton Spinning... 57 

LORD, R. T. Decorative and Fancy Tex¬ 
tile Fabrics. 57 

LORING, A. E. Handbook of the Electro- 

Magnetic Telegraph. 89 

LOWY, A. Organic Type Formulas. 7 

LUBSCHEZ, B. J. Perspective. 206 

LUCKE, C. E. Gas Engine Design. 168 

LUCKIESH, M. Visual Illusions. 73 

-Color and Its Applications. 74 

-Light and Shade and Their Applica¬ 
tions . 74 

LUNGE, G. Technical Chemists’ Hand¬ 
book . 23 

-Technical Methods of Chemical 

Analysis . 23 

-Coal-Tar and Ammonia. 26 

-Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid and 

Alkali . 26 

-Technical Gas Analysis. 185 

LUQUER, L. M. Minerals in Rock Sec¬ 
tions . 209 


M 


McBRIDE, J. D. Handbook of Practical 

Shipbuilding . 193 

McCRACKEN, E. M., and SAMPSON, C. 

H. Course in Pattern Making. 218 

McCULLOUGH, E. Practical Surveying. 114 
McGIBBON, W. C. Marine Engineers’ 

Pocketbook . 198 

-Marine Engineers’ Drawing Book for 

Board of Trade Examinations. 198 

-Indicator Diagrams for Marine En¬ 
gineers . 199 

——See Tod, J., and.200 

McINTOSH, T. G. Industrial Alcohol_ 27 

-Manufacture of Varnishes and Kin¬ 
dred Industries. 38 

-Technology of Sugar. 49 

McKILLOP, M. and A. D. Efficiency 

Methods . 226 


McKNIGHT, J. D., and BROWN, A. W. 

Design of Marine and Tubular Boilers. 190 
McMECHEN, F. L. Tests for Ores, Min¬ 
erals and Metals of Commercial Value. 211 


McNAIR, J. B. Citrus By-Products. 20 

MACEWEN, H. A. Food Inspection.... 64 
MACKENZIE, N. F. Notes on Irrigation 

Works . 136 

MACKEY, J. S. See Knott, C. G., and.. 141 
MACKIE, J. How to Make a Woollen 

Mill Pay. 57 

MALCOLM, H. W. Theory of the Sub¬ 
marine Telegraph and Telegraph Cable 89 
MALINOVSKY, A. Analysis of Ceramic 
Materials ,.. 30 














































































INDEX' 


MARKS, E, C* R» Notes on the Construc¬ 
tion of Cranes and Lifting Machinery. 

-Mechanical Engineering Materials... 

-Manufacture of Iron and Steel Tubes. 

MARKS, G, C. Hydraulic Power Engi¬ 
neering . 

MARLOW, T, G. Drying Machinery and 

Practice . 

MARSH, C. F. Reinforced Concrete 

Compression Member Diagram. 

-and DUNN, W. Manual of Rein¬ 
forced Concrete... 

MARSHALL, W. J., and SANKEY, H. R. 

Gas Engines. 

MARTIN, G. Triumphs and Wonders of 

Modern Chemistry. 

-'Modern Chemistry and Its Wonders. 

MARTIN, N. Properties and Design of 

Reinforced Concrete. 

MARTIN, W. D. Hints to Engineers for 
the Board of Trade Examinations.... 
MASSIE, W. W., and UNDERHILL, C. 
R. Wireless Telegraphy and Tele¬ 
phony Popularly Explained. 

MATHOT, R. E. Construction and Gen¬ 
eral Working of Internal Combustion 

Engines . 

MAURICE, W. Electric Blasting Appa¬ 
ratus and Explosives. 

-Shot-Firer’s Guide. 

MAXWELL, F. Sulphitation in White 

Sugar Manufacture. 

MAXWELL, W. H., and BROWN, X. T. 
Encyclopedia of Municipal and Sani¬ 
tary Engineering... 

MEADE, A. Modern Gas Works Practice. 

MEIGS, X. V. See Ellis, C., and. 

MELICK, C, W. Dairy Laboratory Guide. 
“MENTOR.” Self Instruction for Stu¬ 
dents in Gas Engineering. 

-Self-Instruction for Students in Gas 

Supply . 

MERIVALE, X. H. Notes and Formulae 

for Mining Students.. 

MERRITT, W. H. Field Testing for Gold 

and Silver . 

MERTEN’S Tactics and Technique of 

River Crossings.. 

MIDGELY, E. See Barker, A. F., and.. 
MIERZINSKI, S. Waterproofing of 

Fabrics .-. 

MIESSNER, B. F. Radiodynamics. 

MILLER, W. J. Historical Geology. 

MILLS, C. N. Elementary Mechanics for 

‘■■t Engineers . 

MILROY, M. E. W. Home Lace-Making. 
MITCHELL, C. A. Mineral and Aerated 

Waters .. 

. -and PRIDEAUX, R. M. Fibres Used 

in Textile and Allied Industries. 

—— See, Simmons, W, H., and. 


m 


MITCHELL, C. F. and 6, A. Building 

Construction and Drawing. 223 

-Building Construction. 223 

MONCKTON, C. C. F. Radio Telegraphy. 92 
MONTEVERDE, R. D. Pocket Glossary 
of English-Spanish Spanish-English 

Technical Terms. 233 

MONTGOMERY, J. H. Electric Wiring 

Specifications . 101 

MOORE, E. C. S. New Tables for the 
Complete Solution of Ganguillet and 

Kutter’s Formula. 133 

MOORE, H. Liquid Fuels for Internal 

Combustion Engines. 154 

MORECROFT, J. H., and HEHRE, F. W, 

Testing of Electrical Machinery. 84 

MORGAN, A. P. Wireless Telegraph 

Construction for Amateurs. 92 

MORRELL, R. S., WAELE, A. E., and 
RIDEAL, S. Rubber, Resins, Paints 

and Varnishes. 47 

MOSES, A. J. Characters of Crystals... 210 

-and PARSONS, C. L. Elements of 

Mineralogy, Crystallography and 

Blowpipe Analysis.210 

MULFORD, A. C. Boundaries and Land¬ 
marks . 114 

MUNBY, A. E. Introduction to the 
Chemistry and Physics of Building 

Materials . 187 

MURPHY, J. G. Practical Mining.212 

MURRAY, B. L. Standards and Tests 

for Reagent Chemicals. 27 

MURRAY, J. A. Soils and Manures..,. 67 


N 


NANKIVELL, A. T. See Pakes, W. C. G., 

and .. 64 

NASMITH, J. Student’s Cotton Spinning. 58 

-Recent Cotton Mill Construction and 

Engineering . 58 

NEAVE, G. B., and HEILBRON, I. M. 

Identification of Organic Compounds. 7 


NEILSON, R. M. Aeroplane Patents. .173, 228 
NERZ, F. Searchlights: Their Theory, 


Construction and Application. 90 

NEWBEGIN, M. I„ and FLETT, X. S. 
Xames Geikie, the Man and the 

Geologist . 209 

NEWBIGGING, T. Handbook for Gas 

Engineers and Managers. 186 

NEWELL, F. H., and DR AYER, C. E. 

Engineering as a Career......233 

NICOL, G. Ship Construction and Cal¬ 
culations . 193 

. NIPHER, F. E. Theory 5 *, of Magnetic 

Measurements ... 86 

NISBET, H. Grammar of Textile Design, 58 

w' 

NOLAN, T. The Telescope.. 78 


176 

187 

217 

133 

175 

120 

120 

163 

3 

4 

120 

198 

91 

163 

107 

212 

49 

112 

185 

154 

67 

185 

185 

214 

212 

201 

54 

58 

91 

208 

150 

231 

'53 

53 

35 

























































248 


INDEX 


NORTH, H, B. Laboratory Experiments 

in General Chemistry. 4 

-See Richards, W. A., and.23, 121 

NOYER, J. See Dumesny, P., and. 52 

0 

O’CONNOR, H. Gas Engineers’ Pocket- 

book . 186 

OLIVER, F. W. See Carey, A. E., and.. 113 

OLSEN, J. C. Quantitative Chemical 

Analysis . 12 

ORMSBY, M. T. M. Elementary Prin¬ 
ciples of Surveying. 115 

OUDIN, M. A. Standard Polyphase Ap¬ 
paratus and Systems. 80 

P 

PAKES, W. C. G., and NANKIVELL, A. 

T. Science of Hygiene. 64 

PALAZ, A. Treatise on Industrial 

Photometry . 100 

PALMER, A. R. Electrical Experiments. 78 

—— Magnetic Measurements and Experi¬ 
ments . 86 

PAMELY, C. Colliery Manager’s Hand¬ 
book . 214 

PARK, J. Laboratory Instructions in 

Assaying and Practical Chemistry... 216 
PARKER, P. A. M. Control of Water.. 133 
PARR, G. D. A. Electrical Engineering 
Measuring Instruments for Commer¬ 
cial and Laboratory Purposes. 86 

PARRY, E. J. Chemistry of Essential 

Oils and Artificial Perfumes. 42 

-Analysis of Foods and Drugs. 64 

— and COSTE, J. H. Chemistry of 

Pigments . 38 

PARRY, L. Notes on Alloys. 222 

-Systematic Treatment of Metallif¬ 
erous Waste. 222 

——Analysis of Ashes and Alloys. 222 

PARRY, L. A. Risks and Dangers of 
Various Occupations and Their Pre¬ 
vention . 233 

PARSHALL, H. F., and HOBART, H. M. 

Electric Railway Engineering. 98 

PARSONS, C. L. See Moses, A. J., and. 210 
PARSONS, S. T. Malleable Cast Iron... 219 
PARTINGTON, J. R. Higher Mathe¬ 
matics for Chemical Students. 15 

-Thermodynamics . 15 

-Alkali Industry. £7 

-Textbook of Thermodynamics. 153 

PATCHELL, W. H. Application of Elec¬ 
tric Power to Minej and Heavy In¬ 
dustries . 107 

PATERSON, G. W. L. Electric Mine 

Signalling Installations. 107 

PATTERSON, D. Textile Color Mixing.. 58 

.-Color Matching on Textiles. 59 

— Color Printing of Carpet Yarnc... 


PAULDING, C. P. Transmission of Heat 

Through Cold Storage Insulation.... 175 
—Practical Laws and Data on the 
Condensation of Steam in Covered and 


Bare Pipes. 176 

PAYNE, D. W. Founders’ Manual.219 

PEDDIE, R. A. Engineering and Metal¬ 
lurgical Books. 233 

PEIRCE, B. Linear Associative Algebra. 146 

-System of Analytic Mechanics. 151 

PENMAN, D. See Duncan, W. G., and.. 107 
PERKIN, F. M., and JAGGERS, E. M. 

Elementary Chemistry. 4 

PERRIN, J. Atoms. 71 

PERRINE, F. A. C. Conductors for 

Electrical Distribution. 103 

PETIT, G. Manufacture and Compara¬ 
tive Merits of White Lead and Zinc 

White Paints. 38 

PETIT, R. How to Build an Aeroplane. 173 
PHIN, J. Seven Follies of Science...... 234 

PICKWORTH, C. N. Logarithms for Be¬ 
ginners . 147 

-Slide Rule. 147 

PIERCE, C. A. See Bedell, F., and. 82 

PILCHER, R. B. Profession of Chem¬ 
istry . 4 

-and JONES, F. B. What Industry 

Owes to Chemical Science. 5 

PLATTNER’S Manual of Qualitative and 
Quantitative Analysis with the Blow¬ 
pipe . 216 


POCKET Logarithms to Four Places. 147 

POLLEYN, F. Dressings and Finishing 


for Textile Fabrics and Their Appli¬ 
cation . 59 

POLLOCK, W. Hot Bulb Oil Engines and 

Suitable Vessels. 191 

POPE, F. G. Research in Organic Chem¬ 
istry . 8 

POPE, F. L. Modern Practice of the 

Electric Telegraph. 89 

POPPLEWELL, W. C. Strength of Ma¬ 
terials . 188 

POPPLEWELL, W. H. Prevention of 
Smoke, Combined with the Economical 

Combustion of Fuel. 155 

PORRITT, B. D. Chemistry of Rubber.. 47 
PORTER, J. R. Helicopter Flying Ma¬ 
chine . 173 

POTTS, H. E. Chemistry of the Rubber 

Industry . 4/7 

PRACTICAL Compounding of Oils, Tal¬ 
low and Grease. 34 

PRATT, H. K. Boiler Draught. 161 

PRATT, J. A. Elementary Machine Shop 
Practice . 179 

PRELINI, C. Tunneling. 122 

-Dredges and Dredging. 123 

—— Earth and Rock Excavation. 123 

—— Graphical Determination of Earth 

Slopes, Retaining Walls and Dams... 123 






































































INDEX 


249 


JPRESCOTT, A, B,| and JOHNSON, 0. C. 

Qualitative Chemical Analysis. 13 

--and SULLIVAN, E. C. Qualitative 

Chemistry . 13 

PRIDEAUX, E. B. R. Problems in Phys¬ 
ical Chemistry. 10 

--Theory and Use of Indicators. 23 

PRIDEAUX, R. M, See Mitchell, C. A., 

and . 53 

PRIMROSE, J. S. G. See Sexton, A. H., 

and . 213 

PRINCE, G. T. Flow of Water. 134 

PULL, E. Modern Steam Boilers. 161 

PULLEN, W, W. F. Application of 
Graphic Methods to the Design of 

Structures . 127 

-Indicator Diagrams. 160 

-Injectors, Theory, Construction and 

Working . 161 

-Testing of Engines, Boilers and 

Auxiliary Apparatus. 163 

PURDAY, H. F. P. Diesel Engine Design. 168 
PUTSCH, A. Gas and Coal Dust Firing. 186 


R 


RAFTER, G. W., and BAKER, M. N. 

Sewage Disposal in the United States. 137 
RAIKES, H. P. Design, Construction and 
Maintenance of Sewage Disposal 

Works . 127 

RANDAU, P. Enamels and Enamelling.. 231 
RANKINE, W. J. M. Manual of Civil 

Engineering . 11* 

—— Manual of the Steam Engine and 

Other Prime Movers. 159 

--Manual of Machinery and Millwork.-180 

-Manual of Applied Mechanics. 151 

-and BAMBER, E. F. Mechanical 

Textbook, or Introduction to the Study 

of Mechanics. '....151 

RAPHAEL, F. C. Localization of Faults 

in Electric Light and Power Mains.. 103 


RASCH, E. Electric Arc Phenomena- 100 

RATHBONE, R. L. B. Simple Jewelry.. 229 
RAUSENBERGER, F. Theory of the Re¬ 


coil of Guns with Recoil Cylinders... 201 
RAUTENSTRAUCH, W. Syllabus of Lec¬ 
tures and Notes on the Elements of 

Machine Design. 205 

_and WILLIAMS, J. T. Machine Draft¬ 
ing and Empirical Design. 205 

RAYMOND, E. H. Alternating Current 

Engineering Practically Treated. 80 


RAYNER, H. Silk Throwing and Waste 

Silk Spinning.. 

RECIPES for the Color, Paint, Varnish, 

Oil, Soap and Drysaltery Trades. 

RECIPES for Flint Glass Making. 

REDFERN, J. B., and SAVIN, J. Bells, 
Indicators, Telephones, Fire and 

Burglar Alarm.-. 

REDGROVE, H. S. Experimental Men¬ 


suration ....142 


-Key to Nineteenth Edition of Reed f s 

Engineers’ Handbook. 199 

-Useful Hints to Sea going Engineers. 199 

REED, S. J. Turbines Applied to Marine 

Propulsion . 191 

REID, E. E. Research in Organic Chem¬ 
istry . 8 

REINHARDT, C. W. Lettering for 

Draftsmen, Engineers and Students.. 207 
REISER, F. Hardening and Tempering 

of Steel. 219 

REISER, N. Spinning and Weaving Cal¬ 
culations . 59 

-Faults in the Manufacture of Woolen 

Goods and Their Prevention. 60 

RENWICK, W. G. Marble and Marble 

Working .223 

REULEAUX, F. The Constructor- ^... 180 

REY, J. Range of Electric Searchlight 

Projectors . 100 


RHEAD, G. F. Simple Structural Wood¬ 
work .231 

RHEAD, G. W. British Pottery Marks.. 30 

RHODES, H. J. Art of Lithography-228 

RICE, J. M., and JOHNSON, W. W. New 
Method of Obtaining the Differential 
of Functions. 146 


RICHARDS, W. A. Forging of Iron and 


Steel . 219 

-and NORTH, H. B. Cement Testing 121 

RICHARDSON, J. Modern Steam Engine. 159 
RIDEAL, E. K. Industrial Electrometal¬ 
lurgy . 106 

-Rare Earths and Metals. 215 

RIDEAL, S. Glue and Glue Testing. 43 

-Carbohydrates . 08 

-——See Morrell, R. S., and. 47 

RIESENBERG, F. Standard Seamanship 

for the Merchant Marine. 196 

-Men on Deck. 197 


RIMMER, E. J. Boiler Explosions, Col¬ 
lapses and Mishaps. 161 

RINGS, F. Reinforced Concrete Bridges. 121 
—— Reinforced Concrete in Theory and 

Practice . 121 


RIPPER, W. Course of Instruction in 

Machine Drawing and Design.205 

RITCHIE, E. G. See Gibson, A. H., and. 126 
ROBERTS, J., Jr. Laboratory Work in 

Electrical Engineering... 78 

ROBINSON, J. B. Architectural Compo¬ 
sition . 233 

ROBSON, J. H. Machine Drawing and 

Sketching for Beginners.205 

ROEBLING, J. A. Long and Short Span 

Railway Bridges.127 

ROGERS, A. Industrial Chemistry. 31 

-. Laboratory Guide of Industrial 

_Elements of Industrial Chemistry... 31 







































































250 


INDEX 


ROHLAND, P. Colloidal and Crystal- 

loidal State of Matter. 22 

ROLLINSON, C. Alphabets and Other 

Material Useful to Letterers. 207 

ROSE, J. Key to Engines and Engine 

Running . 159 

—-—Pattern Maker's Assistant. 220 

ROSE, T. K. Precious Metals. 230 

ROSENHAIN, W. Glass Manufacture... 30 

-Study of Physical Metallurgy. 215 

ROTH, W. A. Exercises in Physical 

Chemistry. 10 

ROUNTHWAITE, H. M. See Seaton, A. 

E., and. 193 

ROWAN, F. J. Practical Physics of the 

Modern Steam Boiler. 161 

ROXBURGH, W. General Foundry Prac¬ 
tice . 220 

RUHMER, E. Wireless Telephony in 

Theory and Practice. 92 

RUSSELL, A. Theory of Electric Cables 

and Networks. 103 

RUST, A. Practical Tables for Naviga¬ 
tors and Aviators. 197 

RUTLEY, F. Elements of Mineralogy... 21) 


S 


SABATIER, P. Catalysis in Organic 

Chemistry . 9 

SAMPSON, C. H. See McCracken, E. 

M., and. 218 

SANDEMAN, E. A. Manufacture of 

Earthenware . 30 

SANFORD, P. G. Nitro Explosives. 50 

SANKEY, H. R. See Marshall, W. J., and 168 
SAUNDERS, C. H. Handbook of Prac¬ 
tical Mechanics for Use in the Shop 

and Draughting Room. 180 

SAVIN, J. See Redfern, J. B., and. 101 

SAYERS, H. M. Brakes for Tramway 

Cars . 98 

SCHACK, S. M. See Schmall, C. N., and. 144 
SCHAEFER, C. T. Motor Truck Design 

and Construction. 170 

SCHEELE, C. W. Re-Issue of the Chem¬ 
ical Essays. 22 

SCHEITHAUER, W. Shale Oils and Tars. 35 

SCHERER, R. Casein. 43 

SCHIDROWITZ, P. Rubber. 47 

SCHINDLER, K. Iron and Steel Con¬ 
structional Work . 127 

SCHMALL, C. N. First Course in Ana¬ 
lytical Geometry. 144 

-and SCHACK, S. M. Elements of 

Plane Geometry. 144 

SCHMEER, L. Flow of Water. 134 

SCHWARZ, E. H. L. Casual Geology... 209 

SCHUBERT, A. See Georgi, F., and- 179 

SCHWEIZER, W. Distillation of Resins, 

Resinate Lakes and Pigments. 39 


SCOTT, A. A, H, Reinforced Concrete 


in Practice. 122 

SCOTT, W. See Clarke, J. W., and. 138 

SCOTT, W. W. Qualitative Chemical 

Analysis . 13 

-Standard Methods of Chemical 

Analysis . 24 

SCRIBNER, J. M. Engineers’ and Me¬ 
chanics’ Companion. 180 

SCUDDER, H. Electrical Conductivity 
and Ionization Constants of Organic 

Compounds . 8 

SEAMANSHIP, Lectures on. 197 

SEARLE, A. B. Modern Brickmaking... 31 

-Cement, Concrete and Bricks. 31 

-Cement, Concrete and Bricks. 121 

SEARLE, G. M. Sumner’s Method for 

Finding a Ship’s Position. 197 

SEATON, A. E. Manual of Marine Engi¬ 
neerings . 193 

-and ROUNTHWAITE, H. M. Pocket- 

book of Marine Engineering Rules and 
Tables . 193 

rSEELIGMANN, T., TORRILHON, G. L., 
and FALCONNET, H. India Rubber 

and Gutta Perclia. 48 

SEIDELL, A. Solubilities of Inorganic 

and Organic Compounds. 28 

SELLEW, W. H. Steel Rails. 117 

-Railway Maintenance Engineering.. 118 

RENTER, G. Inorganic Chemistry. 6 

-Outlines of Physical Chemistry. 10 

SEVER, G. F. Electrical Engineering 
Experiments and Tests in Direct- 

Current Machinery. 84 

-ana TOWNSEND, F. Laboratory and 

Factory Tests in Electrical Engineer¬ 
ing . 84 

SEWALL, C. H. Lessons in Telegraphy.. 89 

-Wireless Telegraphy. 92 

SEXTON, A. H. Fuel and Refractory 

Materials . 155 

-Chemistry of the Materials of En¬ 
gineering ..r. 188 

-Alloys (Non-Ferrous). 222 

-and PRIMROSE, T. S. G. Metal¬ 
lurgy of Iron and Steel. 218 

SEYMOUR, A. Modern Printing Inks.... 41 
SHAW, S. Porcelain, Glass and Pottery 

Manufacture . 31 

-Staffordshire Potteries. 31 

SHAW, T. R. Driving of Machine Tools. 181 

-Precision Grinding Machines. 181 

SHAW, W. N. Forecasting Weather. 76 

SHELDON, S., and HAUSMANN, E, Phys¬ 
ical Laboratory Experiments. 72 

-Dynamo-Electric Machinery... 81 

—— Electric Traction and Transmission 

Engineering . 95 

SHERRIFF, F. F. Oil Merchants’ Manual 

and Oil Trade Ready Reckoner.. 35 
















































































INDEX 


251 


SHREVE, S. H, Strength of Bridges 

and Roofs. 127 

SHUNK, W. F. Field Engineer. 118 

SILVERMAN, A., and HARVEY, A. W. 
Laboratory Directions and Study 
Questions in Inorganic Chemistry.... 6 
SIMMONS, W. H. Fats, Waxes and Es¬ 
sential Oils. 35 

-and APPLETON, H. A. Handbook of 

Soap Manufacture. 42 

——and MITCHELL, C. A. Edible Fats 

and Oils. 35 

-See Hurst, G. H., and.41, 57 

SIMPSON, G. Naval Constructor. 194 

SINDALL, R. W. Manufacture of Paper. 45 

-and BACON, W. Testing of Wood 

Pulp . 46 

-Wood and Cellulose. 50 

-See Cross, C. F., and. 45 

SLOANE, T. 0. Elementary Calculations. 86 
SMALLWOOD, J. Mechanical Laboratory 

Methods . I 63 

SMITH, C. A. M. Handbook of Testing 

Materials . 133 

SMITH, C. F. Practical Alternating Cur¬ 
rents, and Alternating Current Testing 84 

-Practical Testing of Dynamos and 

Motors . 84 

-and WARREN, A. G. New Steam 

Tables . 1®2 

SMITH, F. E. Handbook of General In¬ 
struction for Mechanics. 181 

SMITH, G, C. TNT... •••• 50 

SMITH, H. G. Minerals and the Micro- 

211 

scope . 

SMITH, J. C. Manufacture of Paints- 39 

SMITH, R. H. Textbook of Advanced 

Machine Work. 131 

-Textbook of the Principles of Ma¬ 
chine Work. 431 

SMITH, W. Chemistry of Hat Manu¬ 
facture . 60 

SNELL, F. D. Colorimetric Analysis.... 24 

SODDY, F. Radioactivity. 105 

SOLOMON, M. Electric Lamps..*. 100 

SOMERSCALES, A. N. Lessons in Me¬ 
chanics for Marine Engineers and 

Engineering Students. 1" 

SOTHERN, W. J. M. Marine Steam Tur¬ 
bine . 

-Marine Engine Indicator Cards. 192 

_“Verbal” Notes and Sketches for 

Marine Engineers. ••••••••• 199 

——and SOTHERN, R. M. Simple Prob¬ 
lems in Marine Engineering Design.. 194 
SOUSTER, E. G. W. Design of Factory 

and Industrial Buildings. 

SOUTHCOMBE, J. E. Chemistry of the 

Oil Industry. 35 

SOXHLET, D. H. Art of Dyeing and 

Staining Marble.,., ? ,..,, t • ? t ? • f f f r ? v* 


SPENCER, A, S. Practical Design of 

Steel-Framed Sheds. 127 

SPIEGEL, L. Chemical Constitution and 

Physiological Action. 11 

SPRAGUE, E. H. Strength of Structural 

Elements . 128 

——Stability of Arches. 128 

-Moving Loads by Influence Lines and 

Other Methods. 128 

-Elements of Graphic Statics. 128 

-Hydraulics . 134 

-Stability of Masonry. 130 

--Elementary Mathematics for Engi¬ 
neers ..... 142 

STAHL, A. W., and WOODS, A. T. Ele¬ 
mentary Mechanics. 151 

SPRARAGEN, W. See Wynne, W. E., 

and .. 1*2 

STANDAGE, H. C. Agglutinants of All 

Kinds . * 3 

-Sealing Waxes, Wafers and Other 

Adhesives . *4 

—-—Leatherworkers’ Manual. 44 

STANSBIE, J. H. Iron and Steel.218 

STEADMAN, F. M. Unit Photography.. 75 

STECHER, G. E. Cork. 222 

STEINHEIL, A„ and VOIT, E. Applied 

Optics . 74 

STEINMAN, D. B. Suspension Bridges 

and Cantilevers. 128 

STEVENS, A. B. Arithmetic of Phar¬ 
macy . 15 

STEVENS, E. J. Field Telephones and 

Telegraphs for Army Use. 87 

STEVENS, H. P. Paper Mill Chemist... 46 
STEVENS, J. S. Theory of Measurements. 72 
STEVENSON, J. L. Blast Furnace Cal¬ 
culations . 218 

STEWART, G. Modern Steam Traps-163 

STILES, A. Tables for Field Engineers. 115 

STODOLA, A. Steam Turbines. 162 

STONE, E. W. Elements of Radioteleg¬ 
raphy . 32 

STONE, H. Timbers of Commerce. 189 

STOPES, M. C. Study of Plant Life- 68 

STORER, F. H. See Eliot, C. W^ and.. 12 
SUDBOROUGH, J. J., and JAMES, J. C. 

Practical Organic Chemistry. 8 

SUFFLING, E. B. Art of Painting Glass. 32 
SULLIVAN, E. C. See Prescott, A. B., 

and . I 3 

SULLIVAN, T. V., and UNDERWOOD, N. 
Testing and Valuation of Building and 

Engineering Materials. 188 

-See Underwood, N., and. 41 

SVENSEN. C. L. Handbook on Piping.. 157 

-Essentials of Drafting. 205 

-Mechanical and Machine Drawing and 

Design . 206 

SWAN, K. R. Law and the Commercial 

Usage of Patents..* * • 22? 

















































































INDEX 


252 


SWOOPE, W. C. Lessons in Practical 

Electricity . 78 

T 

TAILFER, L. Practical Treatise on the 
Bleaching of Linen and Cotton Yarn 

and Fabrics. 60 

TAYLOR, F. N. Masonry as Applied to 

Civil Engineering. 130 

-.Small Water Supplies. 134 

TAYLOR, W. T. Calculation of Electric 

Conductors . 98 

-Electric Power Conductors and Cables 96 

TEMPLETON, W. Practical Mechanic’s 

Workshop Companion. 151 

TENNEY, E. H. Test Methods for Steam 

Power Plants. 164 

TERRY, H. L. India Rubber and Its 

Manufacture . 48 

THAW, J. See Crosskey, L. R., and. 2C6 

THAYER, H. B. Structural Design. 128 

-Foundations and Masonry. 130 

THIESS, J. B., and JOY, G. A. Toll 

Telephone Practice. 87 

THOLE, A. E. See Dunstan, A. E., and. 2 
THOM, C., and JONES, W. H. Tele¬ 
graphic Connections. 89 

THOMAS, C. W. See Fox, W., and. 203 

THOMAS, J. B. Strength of Ships. 194 

THOMAS, R. G. Applied Calculus. 145 

THOMAS, W. A. See Hutchinson, A. W., 

Jr., and. 1° 7 

THOMPSON, A. E. Oil Fields of Russia 

and the Russian Petroleum Industry. 214 

--Oil Field Development and Petroleum 

Mining . 215 

THOMPSON, W. P. Patent Law of All 

Countries . 228 

THOMSON, G. Modern Sanitary Engi¬ 
neering . 139 

THOMSON, G. S. Milk and Cream Testing 67 
THORNLEY, T. Cotton Combing Ma¬ 
chines . 60 

-Cotton Waste. 60 

-Cotton Spinning. 60 

THURSO, J. W. Modern Turbine Prac¬ 
tice and Water Power Plants. 135 

TILLMANS, J. Water Purification and 

Sewage Disposal. 135 

TINNEY, W. H. Gold Mining Machinery. 213 
TITHERLEY, A. W. Laboratory Course 

of Organic Chemistry. 9 

TOCH, M. Chemistry and Technology 

of Paints. 39 

——Materials for Permanent Painting... 40 
TOD, J., and McGIBBON, W. C. Marine 
Engineers’ Board of Trade Examina¬ 
tions . 200 

TODD, J., and WHALL, W. B. Practical 
Seamanship for Use in the Merchant 
Service ... -.198 


TORRttWWT, G. L. See Seeligmann, T., 

and . 

TOWNSEND, F. Alternating Current 

Testing . 

-See Sever, G. F., and. 

TOWNSEND, J. S. Theory of Ioniza¬ 
tion of Gases by Collision. 

TRAVERSE Tables. 

TREIBER, E. Foundry Machinery. 

TROLAND, L. T. See Comstock, D. F., 
and . 


48 

85 

84 

72 

115 

220 

69 


TRINKS, W. Governors and the Govern¬ 
ing of Prime Movers. 

TUCKER, J. H. Manual of Sugar Anal¬ 
ysis . 

TURNER, H. Worsted Spinners’ Prac¬ 
tical Handbook. 

TURRILL, S. M. Elementary Course in 

Perspective . 

TWYFORD, H. B. Storing. 

——. Purchasing . 


157 

49 

61 

206 

226 

227 


U 


UNDERHILL, C. R. Solenoids, Electro¬ 
magnets and Electromagnetic Wind¬ 
ings . 

-See Kemble, W. T., and. 

-See Massie, W. W., and. 

UNDERWOOD, N., and SULLIVAN, T. V. 
Chemistry and Technology of Print¬ 
ing Inks. 

-See Sullivan, T. V., and. 

URQUHART, J. W. Electro plating. 

-Electrotyping . 

USBORNE, P. 0. G. Design of Simple 
Steel Bridges . 


104 

3 

91 


41 

188 

106 

106 

130 


V 


VACHER, F. Food Inspector’s Handbook. 65 
VAN NOSTRAND’S Chemical Annual.... 22 
-Table Book for Civil and Mechan¬ 
ical Engineering. 115 


VAN WAGENEN, T. F. Hydraulic Min¬ 
ing for the Use of the Practical Miner 212 
VEGA, BARON VON. Logarithmic Tables 
of Numbers and Trigonometrical 


Functions . 147 

VINCENT" C. Ammonia and Its Com¬ 
pounds . 28 

VIRGIN, R. Z. Coal Mine Management. 214 

VOIT, E. See Steinheil, A., and. 74 

VOLK, C. Haulage and Winding Appli¬ 
ances Used in Mines. 177 

VON GEORGIEVICS, G. Chemical Tech¬ 
nology of Textile Fibres. 61 

-Chemistry of Dyestuffs. 62 

VOSMAER, A. Ozone, Its Manufacture, 

Properties and Uses. 109 

W 

WABNER, R. Ventilation in Mines. 212 

WADMORE, J. M. Elementary Chemical 

Theory .. § 










































































INDEX 


253 


WAELE, A, E. See Morrell, R. S,, and. 47 
WAGNER, E. Recipes for Preserving of 

Fruit, Vegetables and Meat. 63 

WAGNER, H. E., and EDWARDS, H. W. 

Railway Engineering Estimates. 118 

WAGNER, J. B. Seasoning of Wood-189 

WALDRAM, P. J. Principles of Struc¬ 
tural Mechanics. 130 

WALKER, J. Organic Chemistry. 9 

WALKER, S. F. Electric Wiring and 

Fitting for Plumbers and Gasfitters. 101 

-Electricity in Mining. 108 

-Cold Storage, Heating and Ventilat¬ 
ing on Board Ship. 194 

WALLIS-TAYLER, A. J. Sugar Machin¬ 


ery 


49 


Bearings and Lubrication. 157 

—— Refrigeration, Cold Storage and Ice- 

Making Machinery. 176 

■-Aerial or Wire-Rope Ways. 177 

-Preservation of Wood. 189 

WALSK, J. T. Physics and Chemistry 

of Mining and Mine Ventilation. 214 

WALTER, K. See Kinzer, H., and. 57 

WANKLYN, J. A. Water Analysis. 156 

WANSBROUGH, W. D. A B C of the 

Differential Calculus. 145 

WARING, G. E. Modern Methods of 
Sewage Disposal for Towns, Public 

Institutions and Isolated Houses. 137 

-Sewerage and Land Drainage. 137 

-How to Drain a House. 139 

WARNES, A. R. Coal Tar Distillation. 28 
WARREN, A, G. See Smith, C. A. M., 

and . 162 

WARREN, F. D. Handbook on Rein¬ 
forced Concrete for Architects, Engi¬ 
neers and Contractors. 122 

WATKINS, A. Photography, Its Prin¬ 
ciples and Applications. 75 

WATSON, E. P. Small Engines and 

Boilers . 159 

WATT, A. Art of Soapmaking. 42 

-Leather Manufacture. 44 

-'Art of Papermaking. 46 

-Electroplating and Electro-refining 

of Metals. 106 

-E'lectrf metallurgy' Practically Treated 107 

WEBB, H. L. A. Testing of Insulated 

Wires and Cables. 103 

WEGMANN, E. Conveyance and Distribu¬ 
tion of Water for Water Supply. 135 

WETSBACH, J. Manual of Theoretical 

TVT q n l pq 152 

-and HERRMANN, G. Mechanics of 

Air Machinery. 174 

WELLS, R. Ornamental Confectionery.. 232 

-Modern Flour Confectioner. 232 

WESTON, E. B. Tables Showing Loss 
of Head Due to Friction of Water in 

Pipes . 136 

WHALL, W. B. See Todd, J., and. 198 

WHAREN, G. B. See Yoder, J. H„ and. 164 
WHARTON, W. J. L. Hydrographical 

Surveying . l 15 

WHEATLEY, 0. Ornamental Cement 

Work . 122 

WHEELER, S. S. See Crocker, F. B., and 83 
WHIPPLE, S. An Elementary and Prac¬ 
tical Treatise on Bridge Building.... 130 
WHITE. C. H. Methods in Metallurg¬ 
ical Analysis. 216 


WHITE, G, E. Laboratory and Class- 


Room Guide to Qualitative Chemical 
Analysis 14 

WHITE, G. T. Toothed Gearing.... 183 

WHITE, H. J. Oil Tank Steamers. 195 

WHITTAKER, C. M. Application of the 

Coal Tar Dyestuffs. 62 

WIDMER, E. J. Military Observation 

Balloons . 173 

WILD A, H. Steam Turbines. 162 

-Cranes and Hoists. 177 

WILKINSON, H. D. Submarine Cable 

Laying and Repairing. 90 

WILLIAMS, J\ See Livermore, V. P., 

and . 97 

WILLIAMS, J. T. See Rautenstrauch, 

W., and. 205 

WILLIAMS, P. F. See Gear, H. B., and. 94 
WILLIAMSON, J. Surveying and Field 

Work . 115 

WILLIAMSON, R. S. Practical Tables 

in Meteorology and Hypsometry. 116 

WILSON, F. J., and HEILBRON, I. M. 

Chemical Theory and Calculations... 5 
WILSON, J. F. Essentials of Electrical 

Engineering . 78 

WIMPERIS, H. E. Internal Combustion 

Engine . 168 

-Primer of the Internal Combustion 

Engines . 168 

-The Principles of the Application of 

Power to Road Transport. 169 

WINCHELL, N. H. and A. N. Elements 

of Optical Mineralogy. 211 

WOOD, J. K. Chemistry of Dyeing.. . 63 

WOODS, A. T See Stahl, A. W, and-151 

WOODWARD, W. P. See Craig, J. W., 


WORDEN, E. C. Nitrocellulose Industry. 50 

-Technology of Cellulose Esters. 51 

WREN, H. Organometallic Compounds of 

Zinc and Magnesium. 29 

WRIGHT, A. C. Simple Method for 

Testing Painters’ Materials. 40 

WRIGHT, F. W. Design of Condensing 

Plant . 176 

WRIGHT, J. Testing, Fault Localization 

and General Hints for Linemen. 101 

WRIGHT, T. W. Elements of Mechanics. 152 

-and HAYFORD, J. F. Adjustment 

of Observations. 116 

WYNNE, W. E., and SPRARAGEN, W. 
Handbook of Engineering Mathe¬ 
matics . 142 


Y * 

YODER, J. H., and WHAREN, G. B. 

Locomotive Valves and Valve Gears. 164 
YOUNG, J. E. Electrical Testing for 

Telegraph Engineers. 90 

YOUNG, R. B. The Banket. 210 

YOUNGSON, P. Slide Valves and Valve 

Gearing . 160 

Z 

ZEUNER, A. Technical Thermodynamics. 153 
ZIMMER, G. F. Mechanical Handling 


and Storing of Material. 177 

-Mechanical Handling and Its Im¬ 
portance During and After the War. . 178 

ZIPSER, J. Textile Raw Materials. 61 

ZUR NEDDEN, F. Engineering Work¬ 
shop Machines and Processes.. 182 





















































































254 


A 

INDEX TO SUBJECTS 4 


Adds, Bases, Chemicals. 24 

Aerial Rope Ways. 177 

Aeronautics . 171 

Aeroplane Patents. 173 

Agglutinants . 43 

Agriculture, Electric. 109 

Agricultural Chemistry. 65 

Air Compressors.122, 174 

Alcohol . 27 

Algebra . 142 

Alkali . 26, 27 

Alloys . 222 

Alternating Currents. 79 

Alum . 25 

Ammonia -.24, 28 

Analysis, Blowpipe. 210 

Analysis, Chemical. 11 

Analysis, Colorimetric. 24 

Analysis, Fuel and Water.155, 161 

Analysis, Gas. 183 

Analysis, Metallurgical. 216 

Analysis, Technical. 23 

Analytical Geometry. 143 

Analytical Mechanics. 148 

Arc, Electric. 98 

ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING. 223 

Armature Winding. 81 

Asphalt . 124 

Astronomy . 76 

Automobiles . 169 

Aviation . 171 


Baking and Confectionery. 231 

Balloons . 173 

Batteries, Electric. 105 

Bayonet Training. 200 

Bibliographies . 233 

Biochemistry . 11 

Bitumens . 124 

Blast Furnace. 216 

Blastin/g . 216 

Bleaching, Textiles. 55 

Boiler Explosions.,. 161 

Boilers, Steam. 160 

Boilers, Marine. 190 

Bone Products.... 66 

Bookbinding ... ’. 229 

Books and Bibliography. 233 

Botany ...., . 68 

Bricks . 31 

Bridges . 125 

Building . 223 

Building Materials. 187 


Cables, Electric. 102 

Calculus . 143 

Cams . 203 

Canning and Preserving. 63 

Casein . 43 

Catalysis . 8, 33 

Celluloid . 49 

Cements and Concrete.23, 119 

Centrifugal Pumps. 174 

Ceramics and Glass. 29 

Chemical Analysis. 11 

Chemical Calculations. 14 

Chemical Reactions. 25 

Chemical Reagents.25, 27 

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY.16 to 68 

Chemicals . 24 

CHEMISTRY .1 to 68 

Chimneys .......... T .... r , 156 


Citrus By Products. 20 

CIVIL ENGINEERING.112 to 139 

Cloth . 55 

Coal and Coal Mining. 213 

Coal Tar.25, 28 

Coal Tar Dyes. 61 

Cold Storage.175, 194 

Colloids .11, 22 

Color . 73 

Colors . 36 

Colors, Textile. 54 

Combustion .153, j60 

Compass Conversion Chart. 114 

Compressed Air.122, 174 

Concrete . 119 

Confectionery . 231 

Controllers, Electric . 93 

Conveying Machinery. 176 

Corkwood . 222 

Corrosion . 131 

Cosmetics . 42 

Cotton . 54 

Cotton Seed Products. 53 

Cranes . 176 

Cranes, Electric. 108 

Crystallography .210 


Dairy Chemistry. 67 

Descriptive Geometry. 202 

Dictionary, Spanish-English.117, 233 

Diesel Engines. 165 

Direct Currents. 79 

Disinfectants . 64 

Drafting . 2C2 

DRAWING.202 to 207 

Dredging . 123 

Drugs . 63 

Drying . 175 

Dyes and Dyeing. 61 

Dynamo Electric Machinery. 79 

Dynamometers . 163 


Earthwork . 122 

Efficiency Methods. 226 

Electric Batteries. 105 

Electric Cranes. 108 

Electric Lighting. 98 

Electric Meters. 85 

Electric Railways. 97 

Electric Transmission...,. 93 

Electric Welding. 108 

Electric Wiring. 100 

Electrical Calculations. 86 

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.77 to 109 

Electrical Handbooks. 79 

Electrical Machinery.* 79 

-'Care, Repair and Testing.* 82 

Electrical Switchboards. 94 

Electrical Testing.84 

Electricity in Agriculture.* **. 109 

Electricity and Magnetism. 77 

Electricity in Mines. 107 

Electricity on Shipboard. 108 

Electrochemistry . 105 

Electromagnets .104 

Electrometallurgy . ’****’’* 105 

Electroplating . 105 

Emery . ©22 

Enamelling . 231 

Engineering as a Career. 233 

Engineering Law. no 

Engines?, Diesel. 16 $ 
















































































































































INDEX TO SUBJECTS 


255 


Engines, Gas and Oil. i. .... 165 


Engines, Hot Bulb. 191 

Engines, Steam.. 157 

Engines and Turbines, Marine. 190 

Engraving . 228 

Entropy .1. 153 

Essential Oils. 42 

Excavation and Tunnelling. 122 

Explosives . 49 


Factory Design. 

Fats . 

Fertilizers . 

Field and Table Books 

Fire Protection. 

Flour Milling. 

Flying Machines. 

Foods and Drugs. 

Forging . 

Foundry Practice. 

Fuels . 


.... 224 
.... 32 

65 

. ... 113 
.... 232 
.... 68 
.... 171 
.... 63 

.... 219 
.... 218 
153, 213 


Gas Analysis. 

Gas Engines. 

Gas Lighting. 

Gas Producers. 

Gas Turbines. 

Gasolene . 

Gears and Gear Cutting 

Gelatin . 

Geology . 

Geometry . 

Glass . 

Glues and Gelatin. 

Glycerine . 

Gold and Silver Mining. 

Governors .*. 

Graphic Statics. 

Grinding . 

Gutta-Percha .. 

gyroscope . 


.... 183 
.... 165 
.... 183 
.... 155 
.... 166 
.... 154 
.... 182 

. 43 

. . . . 208 
.. .. 142 
... . 29 

. .. . 43 

.... 25 

. ... 213 
157, 162 
126, 148 
181, 222 
.... 47 

. ... 233 


Handbook, Civil.... 

Handbooks, Electrical. 

Hat Manufacture. 

Heat Thermodynamics . 

Heating and Ventilation. 

Hops . 

Hot Bulb Engines. 

Hot Water Supply. 

House Drainage. 

Hydraulics and Water Supply 
Hydroelectric Engineering.... 

Hydrogen . 

Hydrostatics . 

Hydrogenation of Oils. 

Hygiene . 


.... 112 
.... 79 

.... 60 
.... 152 
138, 194 
.... 86 
.... 191 
. .. . 138 
.... 138 
.... 131 
... . 93 

.... 32 

.... 149 
.... 32 

.... 64 


Ice Making. 

Illumination . 

Indicator Diagrams. 

Induction Coils.... 

Industrial Chemistry. 

Industrial Hygiene. 

INDUSTRIAL TRADES. 

Injectors . 

Inks . 

Inorganic Chemistry. 

Insecticides . 

insignia, Military and Naval. 

Integration . 

International Combustion Engines 

Inventions . 

Ionization . 

Iron Founding. 

Irrigation . 


. 175 

. 183 

...160, 199 
. 104 

225 to 233 

. 161 

. 40 

. 5 

. 65 

. 200 

. 145 

. 165 

. 227 

. 8 

. 218 

. 136 


Japanning . 231 

Jewelry . 229 


Kinematics 


149 


Lace Making . 231 

Lathes . 178 

Law Engineering. 110 

Leather . 44 

Lettering . 207 

Light and Optics. 73 

Lighting, Acetylene. 183 

Lighting, Electric. 98 

Lighting, Gas. 183 

Lithography . 228 

Lithology ..'. 209 

Locomotives . 164 

logarithms . 146 

Lubrication . 167 


Machine Design.178 202 

Machine Shop Practice. 178 

Machinery and Tools. 178 

Magnetism . 77 

Management, Scientific.'225 

Manual Training. 231 

Manures .65, 67 

Map Sketching. 200 

Marble . 223 

Marine Boilers. 190 

Marine Engineering. 192 

Marine Engines and Turbines. 190 

Marine Gas Engines. 165 

Marine Steam Enginering.;. 198 

Masonry . 130 

Materials of Engineering. . 186 

MATHEMATICS.140 to 147 

Mechanical Drawing. 202 

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. ... 148 to 189 

Mechanical Handling of Material. 177 

Mechanical Laboratory Testing.... . 163 

Mechanical Technology. 187 

Mechanics . 148 

Metallurgical Analysis. 216 

Metallurgy . 215 

Metallurgy of: 

Iron and Steel. 216 

Gold and Silver. 221 

Copper, Lead, etc. 221 

MILITARY . 200 

Military Balloons. 173 

Mineral Waters. 53 

MINERALOGY, MINING AND METAL- 


Mining, Electric. 107 

Motion Study. 225 

Motor Car Bodies. 169 

Motor Trucks. 170 

Motor Vehicles. 169 


NAVAL AND MARINE.190 to 200 

Navigation and Seamanship. 195 

Nitrocellulose, Celluloid, Explosives. 49 

Nitrogen . 25 


OU Tank Steamers. 195 

Oils, Fats and Waxes.32, 214 

Optics . 73 

Organic Chemistry. 6 

Ozone . 109 







































































































































256 


INDEX TO SUBJECTS 


Painting and Paperhanging.. 
Paints, Colors and Varmsnes 

Paper . 

Patents . 

Pattern Making. 

Pavements . 

Perl umes . 

Perspective . 

Petroleum . 

Pharmacy . 

Photography .. 

Physical Chemistry. 


PHYSICAL SCIENCES.69 to 

Physics . 

Pigments . 

Piping . 

Plumbing . 

Poisons . 

Pottery .29, 

Powdered Coal.. 

Power Conductors, Electric.94, 

Power Plants, Electric. 


Power Plant, Steam Testing. 

Power and Power Transmission, Mechan¬ 
ical . 

Power Transmission and Distribution, 

Electric . 

Precious Stones. 

Preserving . 

Printing Inks. 

Producer Gas. 

Proportion . 

Prospecting . 

Public Utilities. 

Pumps . 

Purchasing . 


Quaternions 


Radioactivity .104, 

Radiodynamics . 

Radiotelegraphy . 

Radium . 

Rails, Steel. 

Railway Bridges. 

Railway Engineering. 

Railway Signalling. 

Railways, Electric. 

Ramie . 

Refrigeration . 

Refrigeration on Shipboard. 

Reinforced Concrete. 

Roads and Pavements. 

Rocks . 

Roofs and Bridges. 

Rubber . 


Safety Methods. 

Sanitation . 

Saws . 

Science Series.235 to 

Scientific Management. 

Seamanship . 

Searchlights . 

Sewerage and Sewage Disposal. 

Sheet Metol Working. 

Ship St^biVt^. 

Shipboard, Electricity on. 

Shioboard, Heating on. 

Shipbuilding . 

S’lica . 

Silk .54, 

Silver Mining. 


Slide Rules. ........ .. 146 

Slide Vaives. 160 

Smoke Prevention. 106 

Soaps . *1 

Soils and Fertilizers. to 

soiuering . l«o 

Solenoids . 1 U 4 

solubilities . 2 o 

Steam . It2 

Steam Boilers. 16o 

Steam Engines. 157 

Steam Tables. 162 

Steam Traps. 163 

Steam Turnines.157 162 

sateei Rails. 117 

storing .226 

Strength of Materials. 186 

Structural Engineering. 125 

Submarines •... 192 

Sugar . 48 

Sulphuric Acid. 26 

Sumner’s Method. 197 

Surveying . 113 

Switches Switchgear, Electric. 93 


Tactics, Military. 201 

Technical Chemical Analysis. 23 

Telegraphy .. 88 

Telephony . 87 

Telescope . 76 

Testing of Power Plants. 163 

Testing of Materials... 186 

TEXTILES .54 to 61 

Thermodynamics . 152 

Therino Electromotive Force. 77 

Timber . 188 

Tidal Lands. 113 

Tin Plate Industry. 221 

Transformers . 82 

Traverse Tables. 113 

Trigonometry . 142 

Tunneling . 122 

Turbines, Gas. 166 

Turbines, Marine. 190 

Turbines, Steam.157, 162 

Turbines, Water. 134 


Vacuum Tubes. 90 

Valuation of Utilities... 110 

Valve Gears...160, 164 

Varnishes . 36 

Ventilation . 138 

Ventilation of Mines. 212 


Waste Products. 53 

Watch Making and Jewelry. 229 

Water . 155 

Waterproofing of Fabrics. 58 

Waterproofing of Structures. 131 

Water Supply. 131 

Waxes . 32 

Weather Forecasting. 76 

Weeding . 108 

Wires and Cables. 102 

Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony. 90 

Wiring, Electric Light and Power. 100 

Wood Preservation. 189 

Wood Pulp. 45 

Wood Waste. 52 

Wool . 54 


X Rays . . . 104 


224 

36 

44 

227 

218 

124 

42 

206 

214 

15 

7o 

. 9 

75 

69 

36 

157 

138 

63 

230 

154 

102 

93 

163 

156 

93 

229 

63 

40 

155 

145 

211 

110 

174 

227 

145 

208 

91 

90 

104 

117 

125 

116 

116 

97 

55 

175 

194 

119 

124 

209 

125 

46 

232 

138 

179 

237 

225 

195 

99 

136 

179 

192 

108 

194 

194 

29 

59 

213 











































































































































VAN NOSTRAND’S 


CHEMICAL ANNUAL 


A HANDBOOK OF USEFUL DATA 

For Analytical, Manufacturing and Investi¬ 
gating Chemists and Chemical Students 

EDITED BY 

JOHN C. OLSEN, A. M., Ph. D. 

Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers; 

Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Polytechnic Institute; 

Brooklyn; formerly Fellow Johns Hopkins University; 

Author of “Quantitative Chemical Analysis.” 



D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY 

‘Publishers and booksellers 
8 WARREN STREET 


NEW YORK 






In Our New Home 

we shall continue to put forth our best 
efforts in your service. The entire building 
above the street floor is devoted to publish¬ 
ing and selling, TECHNICAL, INDUST¬ 
RIAL, ENGINEERING & SCIENTIFIC 

BOOKS 

of all publishers throughout the world. 

In the retail department, located on the 
first floor, is displayed the largest and most 
diversified stock of such books ever gathered 
for sale in one place in this country. A 
visit to it will be worth while. You will be 
made welcome and receive intelligent and 
courteous attention without being impor¬ 
tuned to buy. Whether you are near New 
York or far from it all our facilities are at 
your disposal. We are no farther from you 
than your express or post office. Address us at 

8 Warren Street 


























































¥ 












